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Jellystone Park Camp & Resort ( Cave City )
Welcome to Jellystone Park Camp
Resort in Cave City, Kentucky! We’re the home of YOGI BEAR
and “The Gateway to Mammoth Cave National Park” in South
Central Kentucky. We’re located in the heart of Kentucky’s
Cave Country and have the best in Mammoth Cave camping
facilities. We hope that you take advantage of the many cave
tours offered by the U.S. Park Service at Mammoth Cave
National Park! We’ve made Jellystone Park a “family vacation
place” with facilities and activities for everyone in the
family! All of us on the Jellystone staff are here to make
your stay with us “the one you tell your friends about!”
270-773-3840 /
800-523-1854 |
The Alpine Slide
( Cave City )
At the only Alpine Slide in
Kentucky, you will begin by taking the scenic chairlift ride
to the top of mountain. Get in your sled and off you go, ¼
mile of thrills and excitement for all ages!
270-773-2560 /
800-798-0560 |
Beech Bend Park & Splash Lagoon
( Bowling
Green )
798 Beech
Bend Road
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-781-7634
www.beechbend.com
The
amusement park offers dozens of rides
including the top-rated Kentucky Rumbler
wooden coaster, plus Splash Lagoon Water
Park, Granny Jones’ Petting Farm, Gold
Rush mini-golf, games, go-carts and live
entertainment daily. A new amphitheater
will host three stage shows will are
included in park admission. “Kentucky
Calling” will feature singers, songs and
songwriters native to Kentucky, a magic
show will feature magic, illusions and
ventriloquism, and Beech Bend Super Star
Talent show puts guests on the stage in
an “American Idol type” contest weekly.
The rides line up includes family rides,
children’s rides and thrill rides for
all ages. The park is getting two new
attractions for 2011– Tiki Island and a
Haunted House. Soft drinks, parking and
sunscreen are free. Admission prices
are family friendly and affordable. You
truly can “Spend the day, without
spending a fortune.” The amusement park
opens May
7th and is open through September 18th.
Splash
Lagoon Water Park features a new wave
pool, lazy river and Tiki Island play
structure plus a giant leisure pool,
Raging Rapids water slides and a
children’s play structure. Tiki Island
includes seven slides, a tipping bucket
and many interactive water elements. The
water park opens May 19th and will
remain open through September 18th
(weather permitting). Inner tubes/mats
and sunscreen are free in Splash Lagoon.
Parking and
unlimited soft drinks are FREE every day
at Beech Bend Park. Log on to
www.beechbend.com
for
directions and admission and season pass
information.
Beech Bend Raceway
Beech Bend
Raceway is next door to Beech Bend Park
giving families many different
entertainment options. Beech Bend
Raceway features a nationally recognized
quarter-mile drag strip as well as an
oval track for stock car racing. NHRA
drag racing is featured on Sunday
afternoons and fun and grudge racing is
featured on Tuesday and Saturday
nights. The drag racing program runs
March-November and includes numerous,
national special events. Stock car
racing is featured on Friday nights
April-September and includes several
special events also. Log onto to
www.beechbend.com
for a complete schedule for both
racetracks.
Beech Bend Campground
Beech Bend campground is also adjacent
to Beech Bend Park and boasts almost 500
campsites, many with full hook-ups.
Both pull-through and riverbank sites
are available. The campground is
surrounded on three sides by the Barren
River, has two bathhouses, a laundromat,
stage/picnic shelter, meeting facilities
and WIFI internet service. The
campground is open year round and is
staffed 24 hours a day. Daily, weekly
and monthly camping rates are
available. Rental RV’s are also
available.
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Cave Country Go-Carts
( Cave City )
Racing Fun… For Everyone! The
newest & fastest go-carts in town! Double & single seated
go-carts. We have a game room with pool tables, air hockey,
arcade games and more. Group rates are available. Located
beside McDonald’s in Cave City.
270-773-2299 |
Dinosaur World
( Cave City )
Visit over 150 life size dinosaurs in an
outdoor museum setting. Search for
authentic fossils to take home at the
Fossil Dig. Unearth a life size dinosaur
skeleton in the Boneyard. Learn about
fossils at the indoor Prehistoric
Museum. Walk thru the Mammoth Gardens.
Enjoy the Movie Cave with educational
dinosaur films. Don’t miss the
playground, picnic areas or the 5,000
square foot gift shop. And more!
270-773-4345 |
Glasgow Highland Games
( Glasgow -
Barren River State Resort )
The Kentucky Tourism Council has
selected the Glasgow Highland Games as a
"Top Ten" Festival Event for the summer.
June 3rd - June 6th 2010 270-651-3141 |
Guntown Mountain
( Cave
City )
Ride the chairlift or shuttle
to the top of Guntown Mountain and step back into history.
Live entertainment, exciting gunfights, saloon shows, magic
shows, cave tours and a haunted house are all a part of the
family adventure that awaits visitors.
Visitors to Mammoth Cave
sometimes go away without learning of the colorful history
of the area. It is common talk that Jesse James, one of the
most notorious outlaws of almost a century ago, frequently
dodged the law in this very country.
In frontier days, this was
wild and rugged land, and the men who passed through were
just as rugged as the land.
Guntown Mountain is an
authentic recreation of that fascinating era. The town
itself is complete down to the last detail offering Jesse
James Museum of Gunfighters; Saloon Show; Music; Magic; and
Gunfights.
Moreover, the mountain is
the highest point in the Mammoth Cave area, and the view is
spectacular. When you come to Mammoth Cave, ride the scenic
chairlift to the top of Guntown Mountain and step back into
history.
270-773-3530 |
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Heritage Arts Gallery
(Horse Cave)
The
Heritage Arts Gallery is a professionally run display of
art shows & crafts for view or purchase. Check our web
site for the current artist(s) on exhibit.
www.HeritageArtsCenter.com
270-786-4502 |
Kentucky Action Park
( Cave City )
Take a breathtaking quarter mile ride on
the Alpine Slide. Enjoy the day riding the go-carts, bumper
boats, bumper cars, and chairlift. Experience the challenge
of the rock climbing wall and bungee trampoline. For more
fun and shopping visit the glass blowing demonstrations,
gift shop, the Old Time Photo Shop and the Ice Cream Shop. |
Kentucky Down Under
( Horse Cave )
"My 6 year old daughter said:
This has been the best day of my life." Sandy A., Covington,
KY. Kentucky Down Under is a fun, educational and
interactive Australian animal park with a cave. Pet the
Kangaroos in the Outback or snakes in the Discovery Area,
feed colorful Rainbow Lories in the Aviary (they will land
on you!), help with chores at the Woolshed, learn about
Aboriginal culture and play a didgeridoo at the Camp
Corroboree, really go "Down Under" and explore Kentucky
Caverns, and much more!
270-786-2634 /
800-762-2869 |
Kentucky Repertory Theatre
( Horse Cave )
Kentucky Repertory Theatre is a
modern, indoor theatre, nationally recognized for its
quality performance of comedy, drama, classics, and original
Kentucky plays. The Theatre features a professional acting
company, assembled from a nationwide search, to entertain
thousands of visitors every year in a unique six play
rotating repertory season. The beautiful Theatre Center
features a concessions and gifts area with exhibits by
regional artists.
800 342-2177 /
270-786-2177 |
Marquee Highland 8 Cinemas
( Glasgow )
Marquee
Highland 8 Cinemas is located on Highway
90 (2400 Happy Valley Rd.) in Glasgow –
about 7 miles east of Cave City. The
movie theater plays first run movies and
has stadium seating, Dolby Digital
Sound, and is handicap accessible.
24 hour Movie Info 270-678-1605 |
Plaza Theatre
( Glasgow )
The Plaza
Theatre is a beautifully restored movie
theatre from the 1930s. There is quite
a history with the theatre in playing
movies but also in live entertainment
with names like: Roy Rogers, Gene Autry,
Dolly Parton, The Oak Ridge Boys, and
many other famous entertainers who have
performed on stage over the years.
The theatre
currently hosts live entertainment
events (schedule is available on the
website), but many people visit the
Plaza Theatre to see the unique
architecture and relive the nostalgia of
a bygone era.
270-361-2101 |
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Museums |
American Cave Museum
( Horse Cave )
At Hidden River
Cave and the American Cave Museum, you will discover the
mysteries of the underground worlds of caves and caverns.
The museum is a state-of-the-art showcase of underground and
natural history, featuring dioramas and interpretive
exhibits of cave history and groundwater dynamics. The
American Cave Museum is the largest museum in the world
dedicated to caves! Coupled with Hidden River Cave right out
the back door, this is the best opportunity to learn about
these natural wonders. 270-786-1466 |
The Historic
Railpark and Train Museum
( Bowling Green )
Experience a
real passenger train depot, climb aboard railcars, hear
about life as a conductor and much more at The
Historic Railpark and Train Museum located at the
L&N Depot in Bowling Green, Kentucky!
270-745-7317 |
Kentucky Museum
( Bowling Green )
In
addition to collecting, preserving, and
exhibiting Kentucky artifacts, the
museum provides educational
opportunities for elementary, secondary,
and college students and the general
public. The Kentucky Museum contributes
to the tourism and cultural offerings in
the South Central Kentucky region as
well. 270-745-2592 |
Mammoth Cave Wax Museum
( Cave City )
Famous men and women from throughout
history are immortalized in wax and presented in
historically-correct settings. 270-773-3010 |
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Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum (
Cave City )
Take a walk on the wild
side! Explore our world and see….wild animals, birds,
fish and reptiles staged in their natural habitats!
Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum, built in 1969, with
approximately 14,000 SF, is the first of its kind in
Kentucky, still the largest and most beautiful. The
museum features over 1,600 specimens of wildlife.
Exhibits
include Polar, Kodiak, Grizzly, Black, Brown and Glacier
Bears; Moose, Elk, Caribou; Whitetail, Mule and Reindeer;
Buffalo, Mountain Goat, Antelope, Dall, Big Horn and Stone
Sheep, Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Snow Leopard and other Cats.
Numerous Butterflies, Beetles, Hawks, Owls and many, many
others.
We pride ourselves on
having one of the finest collections of wildlife and
marine specimens found, not only in our area, but in the
entire Southeast.
270-773-2255
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The National Corvette Museum
(
Bowling Green )
This
state-of-the-art structure houses over 60 rare and unique
Corvettes dating from 1953. Also featured are a
3,000-square-foot shopping facility, 200-seat big screen
theater, and interactive displays. Located just across the
street from the world’s only Corvette Assembly Plant. 270-781-7973
or
800-53-VETTE |
South Central Kentucky Cultural
Center
( Glasgow )
The South
Central Kentucky Cultural Center is
dedicated to telling the story of the
people, places and events that make up
the geographic area known as the
"Barrens" - Metcalfe, Allen, Hart and
Monroe Counties, as well as Barren
County. The museum is housed in the old
Kentucky Pants factory in downtown
Glasgow.
270-651-9792 |
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