Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
Location:In Prestonsburg, off US 23/460 on KY 3.
Facilities:49-room lodge, 224-seat dining room, cottages, 117-site campground with utilityhookups, showers, restrooms, and grocery store, picnic shelters,playgrounds, hiking trails (10+ miles), 2 swimming pools (one for lodgeand cottage guests only), boat dock, 3 boat launch ramps, pontoon boatrentals, 18-hole disc golf course, skylift, meeting rooms, 2 private dining facilities that seat up to 70, performingarts theater.
Activities:Camping, swimming, fishing, boating, hiking, bicycling, theater programs, recreational programs.
Special Features:Jenny Wiley was a pioneer woman who was taken captive by Indians in1789 and endured the slaying of her brother and her children. Sheescaped captivity 11 months later. The mountain resort named for her islocated alongside Dewey Lake and features summer musical theaterpresentations in Jenny Wiley Theatre.
Address:75 Theatre Ct
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Phone:800-325-0142
Web: www.parks.ky.gov/resortparks/jw
Size: 1,498 acres land; 1,150 acres water.
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