Carter Caves State Resort Park
Carter Caves State Resort Park
Location:5 miles northwest of I-64 Exit 161 (Olive Hill).
Facilities:28-room fieldstone lodge, 10 cottages, 96-seat dining room, 2 group campingbuildings, 89 campsites with utilities, restrooms, and showers, 9-holeregulation golf course, public swimming pool (free to lodge and cottageguests), picnic areas, 2 picnic shelters, playgrounds, hiking trails(26 miles), multi-use trail (10 miles), horse stable and rentalconcession, 18-hole miniature golf course, 2 tennis courts, meetingfacilities, welcome center, gift shop.
Activities:Camping, swimming, fishing, boating (no motors), guided canoe trips,hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, guided trail rides, golfing, tennis, guidedcave tours.
Special Features:Park features more than 20 caverns, including Cascade Cave, with anunderground waterfall 30 feet high, and X Cave, which features luminousstone fans, pipes, and spirals. Bat Cave (the largest cave in the park) is the winter home to thousands of rare bats and is shown only during the summer.
Address:344 Caveland Dr
Olive Hill, KY 41164
Phone:800-325-0059
Web: www.parks.ky.gov/resortparks/cc
Size: 1,850 acres land; 45 acres water.
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