With great sights and sounds, Prestonsburg, KY is a destination you don’t want to miss.

The city is home to The Mountain Arts Center, Kentucky Opry and Jenny Wiley Theatre and located along the Route 23 Country Music Highway. Tour Loretta Lynn’s Home Place in Van Lear to see where the country music icon started.  With a variety of talent, there are shows for everyone’s interests.

In addition, enjoy the serene beauty of the mountains year-round at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. Picturesque Dewey Lake provides the perfect place for watersports and pontoon rentals, and you’ll enjoy its newest attraction, The Moonshine Hideaway Tour. Or take part in an Elk Watching adventure! For a science experience out of this world, visit the East Kentucky Science Center & Planetarium.

Enjoy many fine places to lodge, eat and enjoy the great hospitality. Call us for detailed information at 800-844-4704 or visit www.prestonsburgky.org.

Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area offers a variety of outdoor recreation and environmental education opportunities in western Kentucky and Tennessee. Enjoy 170,000 acres of forests and open lands, as well as 300 miles of undeveloped shoreline.

Whether you tour The Homeplace living history farm, see wildlife at the Elk & Bison Prairie, explore the universe at Golden Pond Planetarium or discover nature programs and outdoor excursions at Woodlands Nature Station, we offer an attraction for everyone.

Hundreds of miles of hiking, biking, equestrian and off-highway vehicle trails wind through LBL. Nature watch areas let you get closer to wildlife. Water recreation, boating, swimming, fishing and hunting opportunities abound. Enjoy the conveniences of developed campgrounds – including special campgrounds for horse and off-highway vehicle enthusiasts – or experience the solitude of lake shore backcountry camping.

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Aug. 16-17 2013: The Third Annual Kelly “Little Green Men” Days, Sponsored by the Kelly Community Organization  is the third Saturday in August every year! Join the thousands who will attend this event. All activities are geared to family entertainment. Stage entertainment throughout the day. The Kelly “Little Green Men” Days Festival 2013 will be much larger and will consist of various entertainment, carnival rides, children games, arts and crafts booths, and of course food vendor booths. For more information you can find us on Facebook at Kelly Little Green Men Days and visit our website at www.kellygreenmen.com, or you can call chairperson Joann Smithey at 270-881-8843 or Frank Brown at 270-885-1530.

Plan your next adventure in beautiful south central Kentucky where you can get up close and personal with kangaroos, emus, wallabies and other Outback friends at Kentucky Down Under, an Australian-themed animal park.

Discover underground wonders at Kentucky Caverns, Cub Run Cave and Hidden River Cave. Get down and dirty on an off-trail Wild Cave Tour.

Trace the pathway of a cave under your feet along Horse Cave’s streets and sidewalks, and listen to the folklore of this colorful town on the award-winning Horse Cave Stories Cell Phone Tour. Learn about cave history, geology and wildlife at the American Cave Museum. Top off your visit with a professional production at the nationally-renown Kentucky Repertory Theatre in Horse Cave’s Cultural District.

Zipline through the treetop canopy along Mammoth Cave National Park. Add a stop in historic Munfordville, where Civil War history is deeply [...]

Here at Kentucky Lake, we understand that the perfect vacation is different for everyone. That’s what makes Kentucky Lake naturally perfect for you to create a unique vacation experience that is just right for you and your family. Whether it’s socializing around the campfire, laying out by the pool, or tubing and skiing along 2,300 miles of shoreline, Kentucky Lake has what you need.

Fishing is what we are known for and that is our main draw. Every year, Kentucky Lake is one of the Top Ten Bass and Crappie lakes in the United States. It is also home to the largest tournament organization in the world, FLW Outdoors.

In addition to the great fishing, we also have hunting, mountain biking, road cycling, ATV riding, horseback riding, canoeing, kayaking or hiking and seeing what nature has to offer.

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