| 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. |
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Potential
Field Trip Sites
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| 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.
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| John
Hunt Morgan Trail |
- Travel throughout the
counties and stop at sites and Wayside Exhibits throughout
the Corridors
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| The
Cumberlands… Russell, 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)
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| 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
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| 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
Landmarks …Casey, 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)
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| 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
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| 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
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| Garrard
County - a full day trip |
- Governor Owsley House
- Garrard County Jail Museum
- Kentucky River
- Sally Brown Nature Preserve
- Tom Dorman State Nature
Preserve
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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|
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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