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37°04′23″N 87°39′48″W / 37.07306°N 87.66333°W / 37.07306; -87.66333
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Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
Map showing the location of Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
Map showing the location of Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
Location in Kentucky
Map showing the location of Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
Map showing the location of Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park (the United States)
Location Christian County, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates 37°04′23″N 87°39′48″W / 37.07306°N 87.66333°W / 37.07306; -87.66333
Area863 acres (349 ha)
Established1954 [1]
Governing bodyKentucky Department of Parks
Website Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park

Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park is a park located in northwestern Christian County, Kentucky, just south of Dawson Springs, Kentucky. The park encompasses 863 acres (349 ha) and takes its name from a colloquial form of the word pennyroyal, a small flowering plant native to the area. [2]

Facilities

The park features include a 24-room lodge with restaurant, 12 cottages, campground, multi-purpose trails, 18-hole golf course, and 56-acre (23 ha) lake with non-motorized boat rentals. [1] The park was sited around an existing lake, behind a dam originally built in 1938.

References

  1. ^ a b "History". Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park. Kentucky Department of Parks. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Parks, State". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN  0-8131-1772-0.

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