Department of Parks
Tractor Show at Greenbo Lake on May 14

Press Release Date:  Tuesday, April 19, 2011  
Contact Information:  Paul Verespy,
606-473-7324 or 800-325-0083
 


GREENUP, Ky. -- Greenup Old Tractors, Engines & Machinery (G.O.T.E.M.) will hold its annual Tractor Show on May 14 at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park.

 

The show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the park’s community pool parking lot. All tractors are welcome along with hit and miss engines.  Tractor registration is from 9-11 a.m.

 

There will be a tractor parade through the park at 11 a.m.  Tractor games begin at 1 p.m. with a kiddies’ tractor pull followed by tractor games for adults.  This event is free.

 

Greenbo Lake State Resort Park is on KY 1, 18 miles north of I-64 from the Grayson exit or 8 miles south of U.S. 23, the Country Music Highway on KY 1.  Greenbo Lake features the Jesse Stuart Lodge with 36 rooms, convention center and Anglers’ Cove Restaurant.  The park has a 225-acre lake for boating and fishing, tennis courts, and 25 miles of multi-use trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding.  The campground is open April 1 through Oct. 31.  Greenbo amphitheatre features musical concerts and plays during the summer and fall.

 

Call 1-800-325-0083 for more information.

 

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The Kentucky State Park System is composed of 51 state parks plus an interstate park shared with Virginia. The Department of Parks, an agency of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, operates 17 resort parks with lodges -- more than any other state. For more information on Kentucky parks, visit our website at http://www.parks.ky.gov