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Big Rivers Wildlife Management Area and State Forest [1] [2] Union and Crittenden counties Dewey Lake State Forest: Floyd County: Green River State Forest [1] [3] Henderson County: Kentenia State Forest [1] Harlan County: Kentucky Ridge State Forest [1] Bell County: Knobs State Forest and Wildlife Management Area [1] Bullitt County
Kentucky Ridge State Forest is a state forest in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The 15,251-acre (61.72 km 2) forest was created in 1930 as part of the Land Use and Resettlement Program. In 1954, the United States gave the forest to the state of Kentucky. It contains Pine Mountain State Resort Park. [1]
It is also called the Cumberland Escarpment and forms the western edge of the Cumberland Plateau. It is largely located within the Daniel Boone National Forest, the original area of which was located to specifically include this rugged strip of land. Several significant natural areas in Kentucky are located within the escarpment zone.
The Daniel Boone National Forest (originally the Cumberland National Forest) is a national forest in Kentucky, United States. Established in 1937, it includes 708,000 acres (287,000 ha) of federally owned land within a 2,100,000-acre (850,000 ha) proclamation boundary. The name of the forest was changed in 1966 in honor of the explorer Daniel ...
The Red River Gorge is a canyon system on the Red River in east-central Kentucky, United States.Geologically it is part of the Pottsville Escarpment.. The gorge lies within the Daniel Boone National Forest and was subsequently designated the Red River Gorge Geological Area, an area of around 29,000 acres (12,000 ha; 120 km 2; 45 sq mi). [1]
Raintree County, a 1957 film starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and others, filmed on location [22] Fire Down Below, a 1997 movie starring Steven Seagal, includes a flyover of the falls [22] Literature. Cumberland Falls serves as the setting and a metaphor in the popular poem "Cumberland Falls" written by Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas ...
Kingdom Come State Park: Harlan County: Park: 1,027 acres (4.2 km 2) Lake: 3 acres (0.01 km 2) Lake Malone State Park: Muhlenberg County [3] Park: 338 acres (1.4 km 2) Lake: 788 acres (3.2 km 2) Lincoln Homestead State Park: Washington County [3] 120 acres (0.49 km 2) Mineral Mound State Park: Eddyville [2] 541 acres (2.2 km 2) My Old Kentucky ...
Kentucky is the only U.S. state to have a continuous border of rivers running along three of its sides – the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork to the east. [30] Its major internal rivers include the Kentucky River, Tennessee River, Cumberland River, Green River and Licking River.