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The Kentucky Lake area is brimming with fun and excitement. From horseback riding to art galleries, museums to wildlife, it's all here!

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Horses

Bluegrass Downs

Happy Trails Riding Stables

Kentucky Dam Riding Stables - (270) 362-4271
Take a guided trail through the woodlands. Great fun for the family.


Museums

Adsmore Museum

Lyon County Museum at Rose Hill

Museum of the American Quilter's Society

River Heritage Museum

Market House Museum

Henson Broom Shop

Clement Mineral Museum

Crittenden County Historical Museum

Paducah Railroad Museum

Barlow House Museum

SuperMuseum & Souvenir Store

Janice Mason Art Museum

Forgotten Past

Lake Barkley Classic Car Museum
Interstate 24, Exit 45 • Eddyville, KY • (270) 388-1962

Lloyd Tilghman House & Civil War Museum
631 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, KY • (270) 575-5477

Alben W. Barkley Museum
533 Madison Street, Paducah, KY • (270) 534-8264


Historical Sites of Interest

Cherokee Trail of Tears Commemorative Park - This historic park in Hopkinsville, Kentucky is one of the few documented sites of actual trail and campsites used during the forced removal of the Cherokee people to "Indian Territory" in 1838 and 1839.

Mantle Rock Native Education & Cultural Center -  The Mantle Rock Native Education and Culture Center takes its name from a natural rock formation in western Kentucky by the Ohio River where three thousand Cherokees sought shelter while the river was frozen and impassable in the winter of 1838-1839.

Historic Iron Ore Furnaces - Golden Pond in Land between the Lakes, KY and TN- In 1830, this region was the third-largest producer of iron ore in the country. Includes photographs, history, and points of study.

Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site - Wickliffe Mounds is the archaeological site of a prehistoric Native American village of the Mississippian mound builders. The village, located on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi river, was occupied from about AD 1100 to 1350.

http://www.betweentherivers.org - The history of The Land Between the Rivers now called The Land Between the Lakes

Alben W. Barkley Museum
533 Madison Street, Paducah, KY • (270) 534-8264


Outdoor Attractions

Venture River Water Park

Paddy's Bluff ATV Park

Happy Trails Riding Stables

Forgotten Past

Land Between the Lakes

View Fallow Deer & Other Wildlife

Marine Charter Service

Hiker Central


Art Galleries

Yeiser Art Center


Other Attractions

Metropolis Lake - one of only a few natural lakes in the Ohio River floodplain.


Movies & Plays

Maiden Alley Cinema

Arts in Focus at the Clemens Fine Arts Center

Market House Theatre

Kentucky Oaks Cinemark

Playhouse in the Park

Princess Theaters of Mayfield

Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center for the Performing Arts

Calvert Drive-In Theatre


Music & Variety Shows

Kentucky Opry

Grand Rivers Variety! Show

Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center for the Performing Arts