Department of Parks
Adventure Pennyrile Forest Set For March 26

DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. – Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park will host “Adventure Pennyrile Forest” on March 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The day features a naturalist-guided hike. All the trails at Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park may be hiked for a registration fee of $25 per person.

The fee covers lunch at Clifty Creek Restaurant and naturalist-guided hikes. Registered participants can get a 10 percent discount off park lodging. The trails vary in difficulty from easy to difficult. Total distance of the hike is approximately six miles.

For information, contact Rebecca Clark at 1-800-325-1711 or rebeccae.clark@ky.gov

Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park has a lodge, cottages, Clifty Creek Restaurant, golf, mini-golf, gift shop, fishing and hiking trails. The resort is 20 miles northwest of Hopkinsville, on KY 109 N. From the Western Kentucky Parkway, exit at Dawson Springs and take KY 109 south.

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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