Big Bone Lick State Park
Location:22 miles southwest of Covington on KY 338, off US 71 and US 75.
Facilities:62-site campground with utility hookups, swimming pool (for campground
guests only), and central service building with showers, restrooms, and
laundry facilties; 7.5-acre fishing lake, nearly 40 acres of picnic
grounds, 2 picnic shelters, playgrounds, softball fields, horseshoe
pits, 18-hole miniature golf course, hiking trails (3.5 miles), tennis,
volleyball, and basketball courts; gift shop, outdoor museum and
discovery trail, buffalo herd.
Activities:Camping, fishing, swimming, hiking, tennis, volleyball, basketball,
softball, recreation programs (daily), interpretive programs
(seasonal).
Special Features:The scientific community recognizes this site as the "Birthplace of
American Vertebrate Paleontology." Great herds of prehistoric mammals
once roamed this area, attracted by the warm salt springs. Many
perished here, trapped in a swampy quagmire, and over time their
skeletons fossilized. Park features Discovery Trail, a paved path that
takes visitors through the area that was once a vast swampland past
dramatic Ice Age dioramas featuring life-size models of prehistoric
animals.
Address:3380 Beaver Rd
Union, KY 41091
Phone:859-384-3522
Web: www.parks.ky.gov/stateparks/bb
Size: 525 acres land; 7 acres water.
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