Daniel Boone Country best-kept local secrets FORT MCCOOK TRAIL AT CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, Middlesboro Soldiers from North and South both walked what’s now the Fort McCook Trail at Cumberland Gap National Historic Site, today a 1.5-mile out-and-back trail connecting the Civil War earthwork to the Pinnacle Over-look boardwalk. BATTLE OF LEATHERWOOD CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT , Hazard POKE SALLET FESTIVAL , Harlan A chapter of Kentucky history marches to life during October’s annual Battle of Leatherwood Civil War Reenactment, when participants in historically accurate period attire recreate that fateful day in 1862 when Union and Confederate armies skirmished over a saltworks. June’s Poke Sallet Festival kicks off summer with three days of nation-ally touring musical acts, a classic car show, a pet show, food booths, a carnival and other kid-size fun in downtown Harlan, where Petunia the Opossum hangs by her tail in a mural. PALACE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER , London PINBALL MUSEUM OF CORBIN , Corbin The arcade lights aren’t all that mesmerize at the Palace Entertain-ment Center. Tame, train and fight dinosaurs in the holographic theater, bringing creatures to life through augmented-reality visors. Laser tag, go-karting, bowling, a golf simulator and an escape room, too. Take a nostalgic trip through the family-friendly Pinball Museum of Corbin, filled with dozens and dozens of working machines from 1969 to 2022, featuring games from “Doctor Who” to “Guardians of the Galaxy,” plus classic video games. Magic Cube, anyone? GOOSE CREEK RIVER , Manchester Revel in nature’s hush in this moun-tain town, paddling Goose Creek River. With both shallow and deeper pools, the river flows through 30 miles of picturesque scenery. Be on the lookout for one of the county’s many swinging bridges suspended over the creek. Photo: Joe Ponder Hollow Double Falls in Muir Valley, Rogers 48 #TravelKY
The Official Kentucky Visitor's Guide The Official Kentucky Visitor's Guide 2026: Page 48
