There are 7 National Natural Landmarks in Kentucky. One is shared with Indiana.
Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description |
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Creelsboro Natural Bridge | 1987 | 36°53′06″N85°14′11″W / 36.884992°N 85.236425°W | Russell | Private | An outstanding illustration of subterranean stream diversion. | |
Henderson Sloughs | 1974 | 37°51′38″N87°46′48″W / 37.860445°N 87.780100°W | Henderson, Union | State (Dept. of Fish & Wildlife) | One of the largest wetlands remaining in Kentucky | |
Lilley Cornett Woods | 1971 | 37°05′16″N82°59′33″W / 37.087865°N 82.992453°W | Letcher | State (Eastern Kentucky University) | Virgin tract of mixed mesophytic forest. | |
Red River Gorge | 1975 | 37°50′02″N83°36′28″W / 37.833889°N 83.607778°W | Menifee, Powell, Wolfe | Federal (Daniel Boone National Forest) | Contains examples of many geological formations, including 41 natural bridges. | |
Rock Creek Research Natural Area | 1975 | 37°17′17″N83°52′31″W / 37.288056°N 83.875278°W | Laurel | Federal (Daniel Boone National Forest) | One of the few virgin hemlock hardwood forests remaining in Kentucky. | |
Big Bone Lick | 2009 | 38°53′13″N84°44′52″W / 38.886944°N 84.747778°W | Boone | State (Big Bone Lick State Park) | Combination of salt springs and associated Late Pleistocene bone beds. Also on the mighty Ohio River. | |
Ohio Coral Reef | 1966 | 38°16′36″N85°45′56″W / 38.27665°N 85.76544°W | Jefferson | Federal (Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area) | A classic example of a Silurian and Devonian coral community. Extends into Indiana. | |
The Green River Shell Middens Archeological District is a historic district composed of archaeological sites in the U.S. state of Kentucky. All of the district's sites are shell middens along the banks of the Green River that date from the later portion of the Archaic period. Studies of this assemblage of sites were critical in the development of knowledge of the Archaic period in the eastern United States.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Woodford County, Kentucky.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Kentucky.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Henderson County, Kentucky.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio County, Kentucky.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Indiana.