LAKE CUMBERLAND , Jamestown Lake Cumberland, the Houseboat Capital of the World, has all the ingredients for your family’s dream summer vacation: luxury houseboats with amenities like comfy beds, Wi-Fi, water slides, hot tubs and grills, plus pontoons, fishing boats and tubes available to rent as well. BERNHEIM FOREST , Clermont weekend wanderer T he Hover 75 feet high in the sky on Bernheim Forest’s Canopy Tree Walk. Climb 961 steps to the top of the Historic Fire Tower. Besides amazing views, enjoy hikes, themed gar-dens, the resident Forest Giants sculptures and new 27-foot Tin Man sculpture, and a playscape in this natural wonderland. TOYOTA BIODIVERSITY TRAIL , Georgetown Morizukuri translates “to create a forest.” See this Japanese principle in practice along the tranquil 1.8-mile Toyota Biodiversity Trail, with five distinct paths leading to butter-flies, great blue herons, Cattail Lake and a champion Chinquapin Oak tree. LOST RIVER CAVE , Bowling Green Board the Lost River Cave boat and glide into history to what was once a Native American hunting ground and a Civil War campground — the outlaw Jesse James’ former hideout, too. Also here: gem mining, walking trails and a butterfly house garden. NATURAL BRIDGE SKYLIFT , Slade Grab a seat on the Natural Bridge Skylift for the 2,640-plus-foot climb up forested slopes to reach Kentucky’s famed 30-foot-wide natural sandstone arch, a bridge that spans a whopping 78 feet and rises 65 feet from the forest floor. MOUTARDIER RESORT AND MARINA , Leitchfield Got fishing, boating and other water adven-tures on your mind? The lake life awaits at Moutardier Resort and Marina on Nolin River Lake, along with watercraft rentals and the Dockside Store and Grill. SHELTOWEE TRACE ADVENTURE RESORT , Corbin Dial up adventure on a Rainbow Mist raft ride with Sheltowee Trace Adventure Resort and feel the mist of the spectacular Cumberland Falls. Or dial it down with a sightseeing and lunch cruise aboard the double-decker Cumberland Star riverboat. BIG BONE LICK NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK , Union Follow the trail to the new covered viewing area to see the bison at Big Bone Lick National Historic Landmark, birthplace of vertebrate paleontology in North America and a stop along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Explore the museum, megafauna diorama pit and gift shop to pick up made-in-Kentucky items. Photos from top: Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Union; Lake Cumberland State Resort Park, Jamestown 10 #TravelKY
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