Woodlands Trace - Land Between the Lakes - Grand Rivers, KY - National Scenic Byways on Waymarking.com

Running along a ridge of land between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, Woodlands Trace is a beautiful, easy drive in rolling terrain with opportunities to pull off and explore on your own or at developed interpretive facilities. This outdoor setting includes the seasonal splendors of nature, with blossoming trees and flowers in the spring, a green canopy in the summer, brilliant fall foliage, and the open view in the forest in the winter.

Travel this 43-mile passageway through Land Between the Lakes to your choice of outdoor recreation activities such as camping under the stars, hiking forest trails, exploring the universe from your planetarium seat, canoeing or kayaking picturesque bays, motorboating along splendid waterways, riding ATVs, mountain biking along lakeside clefts, horseback riding to scenic views, picnicking at a quiet pond, time-traveling to the 1850s, discovering Civil War sites, or photographing beautiful spring flowers or colorful autumn leaves.

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Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area is the largest inland peninsula in the United States and is comprised of 170,000 acres of adventure! The peninsula was created when the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers were impounded, and today, it stands as a great example of natural resources being converted into a recreational asset. Access lakes through 22 individual boat ramps, six beaches, or four fishing piers. Explore local nature and history through the nature center and living history farm. Travel over 200 miles of hiking trails, camp at 985 campsites, or observe the heavens through the on-site planetarium and observatory. Land Between The Lakes is also home to the largest publicly owned bison herd east of the Mississippi River, and has over 100 eagles that regularly nest along the shorelines.

Whether your interests are hiking, camping, wildlife viewing, horseback riding or canoeing, you will find your own outdoor paradise at the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area

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Program: America's Byways Website: [Web Link] Official Name: Woodlands Trace

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