A statewide gathering place for Kentucky’s outdoor communities. Use the Kentucky Zone for statewide trail issues, statewide stewardship topics, statewide organizations, statewide policy discussions, and coordination of the Kentucky-wide outdoor community.
Kentucky’s outdoor landscape spans the Appalachian mountains, Bluegrass, Mammoth Cave country, river corridors, western lakes, state parks, wildlife management areas, public lands, and cross-state outdoor communities tied to Land Between the Lakes and Cumberland Gap. Kentucky is home to the Appalachian Plateau, the Bluegrass, the Knobs, the Pennyroyal Plateau, the Western Coal Field, the Jackson Purchase, and major river corridors along the Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, Green, and Kentucky Rivers. Major managed landscapes include Kentucky State Parks, state nature preserves, Daniel Boone National Forest, Mammoth Cave National Park, Land Between the Lakes, and long-distance trail corridors across the Commonwealth.
Local trail reports, club activity, event planning, and county-level questions belong in the regional and cross-state Zones listed below.
We have divided Kentucky into these regions:
Kentucky, Tennessee & Virginia - Cumberland Gap
Kentucky & Tennessee - Land Between the Lakes
Please go to those regions for local information, organizations, and topics, reserving this statewide Zone exclusively for statewide topics.
Statewide trail information, stewardship, and volunteer resources:
Kentucky State Parks
Kentucky State Parks - Trail Guidelines
Kentucky State Parks - Volunteer
Kentucky State Parks - Friends Groups
Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves
Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves - Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities
Kentucky Trail Towns
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Public Lands Search
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Maps