Kentucky Ridge State Forest

Kentucky Ridge State Forest
Nearest city	Pineville, Kentucky
Coordinates	36°41′03″N 83°48′25″W / 36.68417°N 83.80694°W / 36.68417; -83.80694Coordinates: 36°41′03″N 83°48′25″W / 36.68417°N 83.80694°W / 36.68417; -83.80694
Area	15,251 acres (61.72 km²)
Established	1930
Governing body	Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forests

Kentucky Ridge State Forest is a state forest in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The 15,251-acre (61.72 km²) 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]

References

↑ http://www.forestry.ky.gov/programs/stateforest/Kentucky+Ridge+State+Forest.htm Retrieved on 2009-12-26

Protected areas of Kentucky

Federal

National Parks	Mammoth Cave

National Historical Parks	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Cumberland Gap

NPS National Recreation Areas	Big South Fork

National Military Park	Fort Donelson National Battlefield

National Forests	Daniel Boone George Washington and Jefferson

USFS National Recreation Areas	Land Between the Lakes

National Wildlife Refuges	Clarks River Ohio River Islands Reelfoot

State

State Resort Parks	Barren River Lake Buckhorn Lake Blue Licks Battlefield Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dale Hollow Lake General Butler Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kenlake Kentucky Dam Village Lake Barkley Lake Cumberland Natural Bridge Pennyrile Forest Pine Mountain Rough River Dam

State Historic Sites	Big Bone Lick Boone Station Butler-Turpin House Dr. Thomas Walker Isaac Shelby Cemetery Jefferson Davis Old Mulkey Meetinghouse Perryville Battlefield Waveland White Hall Wickliffe Mounds William Whitley House

State Recreation Parks	Carr Creek Columbus-Belmont Dawkins Line Rail Trail E. P. "Tom" Sawyer Fishtrap Lake Fort Boonesborough General Burnside Grayson Lake Green River Lake John James Audubon Kincaid Lake Kingdom Come Lake Malone Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Lincoln Homestead Mineral Mound My Old Kentucky Home Nolin Lake Old Fort Harrod Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Trail Taylorsville Lake Yatesville Lake

State Forests	Dewey Lake Kentenia Kentucky Ridge Knobs Olympia Pennyrile Tygarts

State Nature Preserves	Axe Lake Swamp Bad Branch Falls Brigadoon Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns Beargrass Creek Blackacre Blue Licks Jesse Stuart JJ Audubon Natural Bridge Six Mile Island Tom Dorman

Other	Breaks Interstate Park Kentucky Horse Park

Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission

Visitor Attractions of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield

Parks

State	Buckhorn Lake Carr Creek Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dawkins Line Rail Trail Dr. Thomas Walker Fishtrap Lake Grayson Lake Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kingdom Come Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Natural Bridge Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Pine Mountain Trail Yatesville Lake

Federal	Big South Fork Cumberland Gap

Interstate	Breaks Interstate

Museums

Barthell Coal Mining Camp
Bell County Coal House & Museum
Bell County Historical Society Museum
Big Sandy Heritage Center
Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp
Bobby Davis Museum and Park
Breathitt County Museum
C.B. Caudill Store & History Center
Cloverfork Museum
Coal Miners' Museum
Cumberland Inn Museum
David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum
East Kentucky Science Center
Elkhorn City Railroad Museum
F.M. Stafford House
Harland Sanders Café & Museum
Hensley Settlement
Highlands Museum and Discovery Center
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
Kentucky Folk Art Center
Knox Historical Museum
Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum
Marie Stewart Museum & Craft Shop
McCreary County Museum
Morgan County History Museum
Mountain Homeplace
Mountain Life Museum
Northeastern Kentucky Museum
Samuel May House
Swamp Valley Museum
U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum
Wolfe County History Museum

Forests

Reservoirs

Natural features

Miscellaneous

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