Category: Kentucky State

Yatesville Lake State Park –
The Mary Ingle Trail System has an ADA self interpretive nature trail.  Can’t tell how long it is. Phone 606-673-1492.  Here is the Park website.

Natural Bridge Resort State Park  has a seasonal sky lift that transports visitors from a wheelchair-accessible trail to the bridge.  Here is additional information from the Virtual Tourist and from Trip Advisor.  Phone 606-663-2214.  Here is the Park website.

Lake Malone State Park
There are two trails which might be suitable.  Here are the Park’s phone number,  270-657-2111, and  website.
?  The 1.5-mile Laurel Trail or the .25-mile Wildflower Trail are rated “easy”.  

Kentucky separates “Resort State Parks”  which have lodging and restaurants from “Recreation State Parks”, which have camping and picnic areas.   There are 49 state parks and a phone number given for each.  There are a lot of trails, quite a few of them rated “Easy”, but how easy?  Check out the Travel Tips above and/or call ahead to ask before visiting these parks.  And please, let me know where you find truly easy trails I should include!

Travel Tips for Persons in Wheelchairs by Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network  is a wonderful resource for parks in Kentucky – mostly state, but some county and a few federal.

Part 1  covers:

• Bad Branch Falls
• Barren River State Park
• Breaks Interstate Park
•  Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park
• Carr Creek State Park
• Cumberland Gap National
• Historical Park
• Cumberland Falls State Resort Park
• Grove Marina at Laurel Lake
• Holly Bay Marina at Laurel Lake
• Levi Jackson State Park
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Natural Bridge State Resort Park
• Old Mulkey Meeting House State Historical Site
• Pine Mountain State Resort Park
• Trace Branch Campground and Recreation Area.

Part 2 covers:

• Fishing Creek Recreational Area
• Fishtrap Lake State Park
• Fort Boonesborough State Park
• General Burnside Island State Park
• Jenny Wiley State Park
• Kingdome Come State Park
• Lee’s Ford Marina
• Old Fort Harrod State Park
• Paintsville Lake State Park
• Pennyrile Forest State Park
• Pulaski County Park
• Rough River Resort State Park
• Trail Water Recreational Area at Rough River.

Part 3  covers:

• Boone Station State Historic Site
• E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park
• John James Audubon State Park
• Kenlake State Resort Park
• Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park
• Land Between the Lakes National Park
• Mineral Mound State Park
• My Old Kentucky Home
• Taylorsville Lake State Park
• Waveland State Historic Site
• Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site

Part 4 covers:

• Big Bone Lick State Park
• Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park
• Carter Caves State Resort Park
• Constitution Square State Historic Site
• Dale Hollow State Resort Park
• Grayson Lake State Park
• Green River Lake State Park
• Kincaid Lake State Park
• Lincoln Homestead State Park
• Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
• White Hall State Historic Site