Discover Your Own Backyard
Kentucky's Southern Lakes Region. Skim over some of the most pristine lakes in the country (with 63,000 acres of water, it is easy to do) or take a train ride through spectacular gorges along the Big South Fork River.
Finally, marvel at the cascading water at Cumberland Falls, and make sure you're there during a full moon to see the only moonbow in the Northern Hemisphere.
Major Roads: Louis Nunn Parkway
Suggested Links
Kentucky Travel's Southern Lakes Interest Finder
Kentucky Travel Brochures and Maps
Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park
Lake Cumberland State Resort Park
Visitor Recommended
"We recently planned a weekend get away in the Big South Fork area. We really enjoyed spending the night in a restored cabin at the Barthell Coal Mine Camp which is an authentic coal camp on the Big South Fork Railway. Without driving more than an hour and a half away from our home in South Central Kentucky, we were able to enjoy the outdoors while seeing the World's shortest creek, Kentucky's highest waterfall, two natural arches that were larger than Natural Bridge, 76 Falls and the Wolf Creek Fish Hatchery which was amazing. It was the most restful two day trip we have taken this year."
Submitted by Sandy


