Pine Mountain State Resort Park

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Pine Mountain State Resort Park
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Location in Kentucky
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Location in United States
Type Kentucky state park
Location Bell County, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates 36°44′08″N83°44′15″W / 36.735609°N 83.737509°W / 36.735609; -83.737509 [1]
Area1,519 acres (615 ha) [2]
Established1924 [3]
Administered byKentucky Department of Parks
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Pine Mountain State Resort Park is a public recreation area located in Bell County, southeastern Kentucky, United States. [4] Located on part of the Pine Mountain ridge in the Appalachians, the state park opened in 1924 as Kentucky's first state park. [3] The park has hosted the annual Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival since 1933. [5] [6] A portion of the park is legally dedicated as a nature preserve by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves. [1]

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History

When Pine Mountain State Resort Park was established in 1926, it was named Cumberland State Park. The name was changed in 1938 to avoid confusion with the newly formed Cumberland Falls State Resort Park. In 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps began constructing the main office building, cabins, roads, bridges, shelters, and hiking trails. In the 1960s, the Kentucky State Park System built a new wing for the lodge, 10 additional cottages, swimming pool, and golf course. [3]

Lore

During the 1930s, the people of Pineville, Kentucky decided to create a new tourist attraction. In 1933, a group hauled a 101-foot-long chain to the top of Pine Mountain and attached it to a massive boulder that loomed above the town. They said the rock was chained to the mountain in order to keep it from rolling down the mountain and destroying the city. [7] [8]

Activities and amenities

Park offerings include a lodge, restaurant, 18-hole golf course, cottages built by the CCC in the 1930s and cabins built in the 1970s. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pine Mountain State Park Nature Preserve". Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Pine Mountain State Resort Park". Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer. 2025. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "History Pine Mountain". Kentucky Department of Parks. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Pine Mountain State Resort Park". Kentucky State Parks. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival" . Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  6. ↑ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Parks, State". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN   0813117720.
  7. ↑ Downing, Bob (June 19, 2005). "Chained Rock a link to Kentucky's lore". Knight Ridder Newspapers. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Pine Mountain State Resort Park". American Byways. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
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