SEKTDA is pleased to offer a service to tourism attractions of providing schools with information about your property. Educational outings for children to your property are a fantastic opportunity. Many of Southern and Eastern Kentucky's tourism attractions have already indicated an interest in promoting their site as a field trip destination.

If you are interested in promoting your attraction to schools with SEKTDA, please complete the Education Outing Form and submit it to us. You may also print it and fax it to us if you would prefer.

NOTE to schools: Please contact SEKTDA if you are interested in arranging an educational outing to any of the sites listed below.


Potential Field Trip Sites

Heartland Waterways... Adair, Monroe, Metcalfe, Taylor, Cumberland, and Green
Janice Holt Giles Tour
  • Tour Hiestand House Museum in Campbellsille.
  • Drive by site of Giles Apartment in Campbellsille where The Believers was written.
  • View gravesites of Janice and Henry Gile.
  • Visit the library at Lindsey Wilson College.
  • Lucretia C. Begley Art Gallery.
John Hunt Morgan Trail
  • Travel throughout the counties and stop at sites and Wayside Exhibits throughout the Corridors
Early Settlement Tours
  • Downtown Greensburg
  • Walking Tour trip to Pitman’s Station; Skaggs Station, stop at Academy for lunch; visit Long Hunter Camp; then Trabue House –early brick, Col. William Casey, early brick, Diddle’s Taern – 1809 brick, Robertson and Field Houses,
  • Columbia
  • Atkinson-Griffin House early log, and
    Hiestand House-1823 stone house, Clay Hill-1835 Taylor County; and
    The Homeplace on Green River.
Arts and Crafts Tour
  • Art Gallery above Sirius Coffee, Columbia, KY
  • Lindsey Wilson College Chapel designed by world famous architect, E. Fay Jones.
  • Sculpture on Lindsey Campus designed by Tim Smith
  • Greensburg - Basket maker, Quilt Collections
  • Edmonton – Glassblower, Goat Milk Lotion, Weaver (direct descendant of Robert E. Lee) and her husband is a harp maker.
The CumberlandsRussell, Clinton, Pulaski, Wayne, and McCreary
Russell County – full day trip
  • Wolf Creek Dam-Educating on construction of Dam – why, who, how long, where, history of families being forced to move, etc.
  • Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery - Preservation, conseration, tour the hatchery and see fish in different life stages.
  • Kendall Recreation Area - Lake Cumberland State Resort Park - Horseback riding, miniature golf, walking trails, wildlife, educational workshops, etc.
  • Creelsboro Natural Bridge (The Rockhouse)
McCreary County (Stearns) – full day trip
  • Big South Fork Scenic Railway
  • Barthell Coal Camp
  • Blue Heron
  • Yahoo Falls
  • Natural Arch
  • Stearns Museum and historic downtown
Wayne County - full day trip
  • Team Leadership Center
  • Conley Bottom
  • Mill Springs Mill
  • Raccoon John Smith Cabin
  • Wayne County Historical
  • Society Museum
  • Visit one of the houseboat factories
Pulaski County
  • Visit Mill Springs and tour the Battlefield and Cemetery
  • The Center for Rural Development (special events)
  • Visit one of the houseboat factories
  • Christmas Island (in season)
  • Lee’s Ford/Burnside Marina (lake history, short boat ride)
  • The Corps of Engineers Office
Heritage LandmarksCasey, Jessamine, Lincoln, Garrard, Boyle
Casey County - a full day trip
  • Visit and learn about the Mennonite/Amish culture.
  • Penn’s Store
  • Tour the Galilean Children’s Home
  • Numerous stores and demonstrations
  • Casey County Ag Exposition Center (special eents)
Jessamine County - a full day trip
  • Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park & Cemetery
  • Camp Nelson National Cemetery
  • Oliver Perry Mansion – White House
  • Chrisman Mill Vineyard and Winery
  • High Bridge Park
  • Jim Beam Nature Preserve
  • Kentucky River Palisades
  • Lockmaster Museum at Lockmaster Security Institute
  • Valley View Ferry
  • Wilmore Railroad Museum
  • Wolf Run Wildlife Refuge
Lincoln County - a full day trip
  • Historic L & N Depot
  • William Whitley House
  • Hall’s Gap Overlook
  • Isaac Shelby Cemetary
  • Lincoln County Courthouse
  • Logan Hubble Park
Garrard County - a full day trip
  • Governor Owsley House
  • Garrard County Jail Museum
  • Kentucky River
  • Sally Brown Nature Preserve
  • Tom Dorman State Nature Preserve
Boyle County
  • Great American Brass Band Festival
  • Constitution Square State Historic Site
  • Danville Historical Society
  • Museum in the Watts-Bell House
  • Fisher’s Row Houses
  • Goldsmith House
  • McDowell House and Apothecary Shop
  • Jacobs Hall and Museum
  • Centre College
  • Norton Center for the Arts
  • Pioneer Playhouse
  • Old Crow Inn
  • Chateau du Vieux Corbeau Vineyard & Winery
  • Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge
  • Perryille Battlefield State Historic Site and annual reenactment
Kentucky’s Elk Country... Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Letcher & Perry
  • Kentucky Artisans Center
  • Hindman Settlement School
  • Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky
  • Breathitt County Museum
  • Bobby Davis Museum
  • Frontier Nursing Service and Wendover House
  • Redbird Mission Crafts
  • Appalshop
  • Elk Tours
  • Buckhorn Log Cathedral
  • C. B. Caudill Store and History Center
  • Ancient Rock Writings
  • Dillon-Asher cabin
  • Kentucky School of Crafts
Mountain Lake... Bath, Menifee, Morgan & Rowan
  • Kentucky Folk Art Museum
  • Gladie Historic Site
  • Daniel Boone National
  • Forest Service Visitor Center
  • Minor E. Clark Fish Hatchery
  • Cave Run Lake
  • Daniel Boone National Forest
  • Memory Hill Foundation Museum
  • Tater Knob Fire Tower
  • Swamp Valley Museum
  • Cora Wilson Stewart Moonlight School
Southern I-75... Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle, Whitley & city of Berea
  • Renfro Valley
  • Bittersweet Cabins
  • Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park
  • Camp Wildcat Civil War Battlefield
  • Cumberland Falls SRP
  • Museum at Cumberland College
  • Colonel Sanders Museum and Café
  • Splash Water Park
  • Kentucky Artisans Center at Berea
  • Old Town Berea
  • Berea College
  • Laurel River Lake
First Frontier... Bell, Harlan & Knox
  • Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and Museum
  • Gap Cave
  • Hensley Settlement
  • Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
  • Bell County Museum
  • P-38 Museum
  • Knox County Museum
  • Dr. Thomas Walker State Park
  • Kentucky Community Crafts
  • Union College
  • Barbourville Water Park
  • Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
  • Portal 31
  • Coal Miners Memorial
  • Blanton Forest
  • Kingdom Come State Park
Country Music Highway... Boyd, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson, Lawrence, Martin & Pike
  • Mountain Arts Center
  • Jenny Wiley Theater
  • Breaks Interstate Park
  • Paramount Arts Center
  • Science Center in Prestonsburg
  • David Appalachian Crafts
  • Middle Creek Battlefield
  • Greenbow Lake SRP
  • Jenny Wiley SRP
  • Butcher Hollow
  • Mountain Home Place

Mountain Parkway Trails... Estill, Owsley, Lee, Powell, Magoffin & Wolfe

  • Red River Museum
  • Natural Bridge SRP
  • Pioneer Village
  • Red River Gorge
  • Herpetology Museum
  • Via Ferrata Climbing Adventure
  • Fitchburg Furnace
  • Three Forks Historical Center
  • Wolfe County Historical Museum

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