Department of Parks
Big Bone Lick Hosting ‘Lick the Wild: Survival Skills Weekend’

UNION, Ky. – Big Bone Lick State Park is hosting its “Lick the Wild: Survival Skills Weekend” Sept. 9-11.

Join the park naturalist for a full weekend of pre-historic based survival training. Taught from a ‘no modern tools’ perspective, these classes are designed to teach you how to cope with various difficulties when in survival situations. Registration is required and is limited to a first come, first served basis until all spots full.

The $75 fee includes primitive camping for two nights and all class fees. The program begins 4-6 p.m. Friday and ends at noon on Sunday. Email todd.young@ky.gov for more information and registration.

The 512-acre park features a bison herd, a campground, a museum and gift shop, and a lake for bank fishing. The park is located 22 miles southwest of Covington on KY 338. Call 859-384-3522.

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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