ee a majestic natural wonder at 60-foot Cumberland Falls in Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in Corbin. Soak up more surroundings as you soar among treetops at Black Mountain Off Road Adventure Area/Black Mountain Thunder Zip Line in Evarts. Laurel River Lake, an enclave of enchant-ment hidden away in London, seems the result of a magician’s wand – or perhaps it’s simply Mother Nature showing off. Craggy splendor is both backdrop and backbone, an adrenaline junkie’s happy place for hiking, climbing, mountain biking, camping, canoeing and wildlife viewing. Nearby Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Park adds more fun, thanks to a treetop adventure area featuring 60 different elements. Twin pioneering traditions of spunkiness and neighborliness inspired the creation of Mount Vernon’s Renfro Valley Entertainment Center – “Kentucky’s Country Music Capital” – and home to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum . Take a railcar into the Portal 31 Coal Mine in Lynch. Hike up the Chained Rock Trail in Pine Mountain State Resort Park . Your eyes don’t deceive you – a chain is holding that massive boulder hovering above town in place. What did bison, Native Americans, longhunters and pioneers see as they crossed into a wilderness frontier? Follow their footsteps into colliding mountains and the past at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Middlesboro. Later, Confederate soldiers would enter Kentucky through the Gap, only to be sent back to Tennessee by determined Union forces. Their story is told at Camp Wildcat Civil War Battlefield . Chained Rock , Pineville Portal 31 Coal Mine , Lynch 94 #TravelKY
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