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Aldersgate Camp and Retreat Center

  • address  125 Aldersgate Camp Rd, Ravenna, KY 4047237.7317109-83.8497558

Aldersgate Camp and Retreat Center is a 354-acre Christian Retreat, recreation, R.V., camping and worship center owned and operated by the United Methodist Church of Kentucky. Aldersgate is open to all persons regardless of race, color, creed, sex, handicap or national origin. Historic Fitchburg Furnace and the old ghost town of Fitchburg are all within Aldersgate’s boundaries. Located in the foothills of Appalachia Aldersgate is near Red River Gorge, Natural Bridge State Park, and other interesting and beautiful sites. Come Visit!

Appalachian Ridge Runners

  • address 670 Gray Gables Road, Crawley, WV 2493137.9124395-80.62707639999999

Off-road and Overland Adventure tours based on Southern WV. We offer guided scenic tours through the hills and hollers of the Greenbrier and New River Valleys. We cater to any and all 4WD/AWD vehicles.

Appalshop

  • address 91 Madison Street , Whitesburg, KY 4185837.1168214-82.8215211

Appalshop started as a film workshop in 1969, and 50 years later we're still documenting and revitalizing the traditions and creativity of Appalachia.

Ark Encounter

  • address 1 Ark Encounter Dr, Williamstown, KY 4109738.6279329-84.58093029999999

Ark Encounter is a Christian young Earth creationist theme park that opened in Williamstown, Kentucky, United States in 2016. The centerpiece of the park is a large representation of Noah's Ark, based on the Genesis flood narrative contained in the Bible. It is 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet high

Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum

  • address 172 Division Street 4th Floor , Pikeville, KY 4150137.4786343-82.5166388

The Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum is located in Pikeville, Kentucky. The museum was housed in the old Chesapeake and Ohio Depot until 2015, when it moved to the 4th floor of the Judicial Annex in downtown Pikeville. The museum portrays the people, places, and events that makes the area unique.

Breaks Interstate Park

  • address 627 Commission Circle, Haysi, VA 2425637.2860398-82.29449079999999

It is accessed via highway 80 (Virginia 80 and Kentucky 80), between Haysi, Virginia and Elkhorn City, Kentucky, and passes through the community of Breaks, Virginia east of the park.

Camp Blanton

  • address 4294 State Hwy 840 , Wallins Creek, KY 4087336.8593862-83.3819647

Right off The BackBreaker trail is where you can take your next adventure and hike or check into one of our remodeled cabins. This has to go on your next Bucket List with our trails.

Canyon Rim Zipline Adventures

  • address 627 Commission Circle, Haysi, VA 2425637.2860398-82.29449079999999
  • The Breaks Canyon is a mammoth 1000 foot deep gorge that the Russell Fork River has cut through the heart of Pine Mountain. The Breaks provides stunning views of a rugged and craggy Appalachian landscape that has been called the "Grand Canyon of the South".

Carter Caves State Resort Park

  • address 344 Caveland dr, Olive Hill, KY 41164

Beneath the forested hills of this resort, nature has hidden many twisting caverns. This park offers lodge rooms, cottages, camping, mini golf and cave tours. 

On July 31, 1946, the citizens of Carter and surrounding counties donated 945 acres to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for a state park. Contained in this tract are some of the most impressive caves in the state. Additional land has been obtained, making a total of some 2,000 acres. Carter and Cascade Caves are the best-known caverns in eastern Kentucky. Located in north-central Carter County, the Carter and Cascade Cave system is comprised of more than 20 caverns. Four of these caves are open for tours. Others are undeveloped or access is limited. Each cave has distinctive features reflecting geological forces.

Bat Cave is the largest cave in the park. It is open only in the summer and is the home of an estimated 40,000 Indiana bats called Myotis that hibernate there in the winter. These bats are protected by the Kentucky Parks System. The caves main passageway is a half-mile long and follows the course of Cave Branch. The ceiling of the passageway varies in height from about 35 feet at the downstream entrance to a claustrophobic 4 feet. Known as Backache Avenue, the low ceiling of the passageway extends 700 feet. This passage is wet and there are small pools of water throughout its length. During heavy rains the passage can be flooded by torrents of water.

Saltpetre Cave is a dry cave. No streams flow through these passages today. Evidence suggests that water did flow through the cave many years ago. The cave has long, broad, low-ceilings and dirt floors. The name of the cave comes from the old saltpeter works near the entrance that helped produce gunpowder during the War of 1812. Kentucky caverns had several saltpeter mines during the war. Nitrates for making gunpowder could be extracted from the earth in the caves. On the wall near the entrance is the legend, Simon Kenton 1783. Kenton, an early Kentucky pioneer, explored the area in the late eighteenth century. Saltpetre Cave is shown to visitors by guided tour.

The most popular cave for visitors in the Carter Cave system is X Cave, so-called f or the two intersecting caverns that from the letter X. Narrow and tall passageways permeate the X Cave. The walls of the cavern have been carved by water. X Cave is filled with beautiful and strange forms. Stalactites and stalagmites are found along the right passage of the cave. Columns, draperies, and flowstone created by centuries of water percolating through earth and stone, decorate portions of the cavern. Giant Stalactite is the largest dripstone formation in the cave. This formation of several stalactites is seven feet in diameter and about30 feet high. Another curiosity is Pipe Organ. This formation is unique in that several stalactites and draperies, when struck with a piece of wood, sound different tones, thus giving it its musical instrument name.

Carter Caves State Resort Park

  • address 344 Caveland Drive, Olive Hill, KY 4116438.368373-83.1251603

Carter Caves State Resort Park offers 28 Lodge Rooms, 12 Cabins, Camping, Cave Tours, Hiking Trails, Mini Golf, Horseback Riding, Swimming, Fishing, and Recreational Activities.

Cumberland Falls State Park

  • address 7351 Highway 90, Corbin, KY 4070136.8385871-84.3383879

Cumberland State Falls home of our famous Moon-bow over the waterfall. Cabin rentals and RV lodging. Also there are many more outdoor activities for you to check out like horseback riding,kayak and much more!

Dirt Nasty Off Road

  • address 599 Pretty Ridge Road , Morehead, KY 4035138.1263253-83.42774519999999

600+ acres for jeeps, atvs, sxs, dirtbikes, bouncers, and crawlers.

Saturday checkin 9am-5pm, ride as long as you’d like after you’re checked in. Weekend caming/riding availble on weekends, just give us a call if you’d like to come in friday.

Primitive camping only, no hookups as of now.

we do not rent rigs, you have to bring your own.

port-a-pottys available in the parking lots

East Kentucky Science Center and Planetarium

  • address 1 Bert Combs Drive, Prestonsburg, KY 4165337.6881946-82.7787845

Looking for an educational experience that is out of this world? Look no further than Big Sandy Community and Technical College. The East Kentucky Science Center and Varia Planetarium serves as a hub of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in eastern Kentucky. The facility is located on our Prestonsburg campus and offers an interactive exhibit hall, planetarium and popular laser light shows.

The Science Center features a 40-foot dome and the Spitz Sci-Dome projection system, one of only two dozen in the world, and the Varia Planetarium has the state's only GOTO Star Projector, which brings space exploration to life for visitors.606-