Big Mike's Mystery House
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-5144
Feel the force of gravity in a strange and mysterious way. Another one-of-a-kind attraction is "Big Mo," our 65 million year old mosasaur fossil, and the full scale replica of the ancient beast that became Big Mo that sits at the front of our property. You'll be amazed!

Cave Country Go-Carts
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-2299
Racing Fun… For Everyone!! Double & single seated go-carts. We have a game room with pool tables, air hockey, arcade games and more.

Crystal Onyx Cave
Cave City, I-65 exit 53 - 270-773-2359
Once connected to the nearby highlands of the Mammoth Cave Plateau. Prewitt's Knob today stands out like an island in the surrounding farmland of the sinkhole plain. Sheltered beneath the knob's resistant cap rock, is Crystal Onyx Cave, one of south-central Kentucky's most important archeological sites and a formation rich cave. Soon after the cave's discovery in 1960, prehistoric human remains were found in the bottom of one of Crystal Onyx Cave's many vertical shafts. Archeologists have since determined that the cave was use as a "mortuary facility" where native Americans over 3,000 years ago returned the bones of their deceased to the earth. The one hour guided tour also provides viewing of the rich assortment of calcite formations found throughout the cave, including a room filled with some of the largest viewable rimestone dams in the area.
Open all year except January

Dinosaur World
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-4345
Over 100 life-size dinosaurs in an outdoor museum setting. Search for authentic fossils at the Fossil Dig, see the indoor Prehistoric Museum, unearth a life size dinosaur in the Boneyard, mingle with mammoths in Mammoth Gardens, watch dinosaurs at the Movie Cave and enjoy the picnic area, playground and more. This outdoor museum is also about families and schools, about having fun and learning about old pals, such as T-rex, Stegosaurus and Triceratops as well as new dinosaurs discovered in recent decades. Even the dog (on a leash) can enjoy the family fun.

Fort Williams
Traveling Hwy. 31E North or South, turn onto Cross Street across from Lowe's. Turn right onto Fort Williams Way. Can also be reached by traveling through the Glasgow Municipal Cemetery.
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During the Civil War, Glasgow's railway and depot made it an important communication and supply post for Union troops in south central Kentucky. In December 1862, Confederate John Hunt Morgan took control of Glasgow for three days, just long enough to destroy Union rail and communication lines. Fort Williams was built in 1863 to deter future attacks of this kind. However, it didn't work as planned. On October 6, 1863, the 25th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A., attacked Fort Williams with 120 men commanded by Col. John M. Hughes. As a result of this attack, CSA Col. Hughes reported 9 KIA, 26 wounded and 226 were taken prisoner.

Floyd Collins Museum
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-3366
Follow the story of the entrapment of underground Explorer Floyd Collins, a legendary spelunker and Kentucky backwoods boy, in Sand Cave.

Green River Canoe Outfitters & Bait Shop
I-65 exit 53, Cave City - 270-773-5712 - Cell 270-590-5335
Located in Cave City on Highway 70 at I-65 exit 53; Inside the Kentucky Action Park. Three miles from Mammoth Cave National Park
We offer a large selection of canoe trips to fit all your canoeing needs. Canoe or kayak down the Green River though the Mammoth Cave National Park on trips ranging from just 3 hours to 2 nights or more! Discover the many miles of dramatic bluffs and natural river environment. Experience nature as it existed when the early frontier was being discovered. Watch for turkey, deer, beaver, birds and reptiles as you make your journey downstream.

Guntown Mountain
I-65 exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-3530
Thrill to the beauty of Cave Country's landscape from the chair lift that takes you up 1,360 feet to a Wild West town complete with live entertainment, exciting gunfights, saloon shows, magic shows, cave tours.

Jesse James Miniature Golf
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-2560 or 800-798-0560
Unique and challenging 18-hole western theme miniature golf course.

Jesse James Riding Stables
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-2560 or 800-798-0560
Guided trail rides over 500 acres through Kentucky's beautiful Cave Country where Jesse James and his gang once rode.

Kentucky Action Park
I-65 exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-2560 or (800) 798-0560
Scenic chair lift climbs over 2000 ft. to top of a mountain. Take a breathtaking quarter mile ride on the Alpine Slide. Go-Carts, bumper boats, bumper cars, glass blowing, gift shop, Old Time Photos, 18-hole Western-themed miniature golf and Ice Cream Shop.

Kentucky Hydratrek Tours
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-505-2599
If you thought ATVs were exciting, wait until you see the hills of Kentucky riding in a Hydratrek!

Mammoth Cave Adventures
1994 Roy Hunter Rd. - 270-773-6087
Offers 60 rolling acres of luscious wilderness and beautiful scenery perfect for tent camping, horseback riding, hiking, and photography.

Zipline Canopy Tour
Mammoth Cave Adventures is the home of Kentucky's first canopy tour. Riders can spend
1 1/2 hours experiencing the thrill of 5 ziplines and 1 sky bridges. Breezing through and above the treetop canopy is one more fantastic outdoor activity and thrilling experience that Mammoth Cave Adventures has available. Two tour guides will escort each group from tree to tree. Educating riders on ecology and local history. One more reason to visit Mammoth Cave!!! $55.00 per person, group rates available. Zip On!!! Call and ask about our Friday night Zipping, reservations only.

Mammoth Cave National Park
I-65, exit 43
270-758-2180 (Cave Tour Information)
877-444-6777 (Cave Tour Reservations)
888-448-1474 (Cancel or Change Reservations)
With over 365 known miles of cave passageways, Mammoth Cave is the world's longest cave. Besides its spectacular size, Mammoth Cave has an almost surreal beauty. Remarkable stories of human history, 350 million-year-old rocks, and its fascinating animals adapted to life in the dark, make Mammoth Cave a place you won't want to miss. Ranger-led activities are offered daily, except Christmas Day. Join rangers for trips in the cave and on the surface, ranging from 1 1/4 hours to 6 1/2 hours. Designed with all visitors in mind, you'll find activities suiting a wide variety of needs and interests including cave trips, nature walks, campfire programs and slide presentations. Most tours are designed for a mixed audience. Some are easy, others are strenuous, several are designed exclusively for children, and one is designed for people seeking a wild cave adventure off the beaten path. All tours begin and end at the Visitor Center. Children under six are admitted free.

Mammoth Cave Canoe & Kayak, Inc.
I-65 exit 53, Cave City - 270-773-3366 - 877-592-2663
We offer a variety of canoe trips through Mammoth Cave National Park on the slow moving Green River. Trips range from a three hour paddle to a three day camping excursion. Canoers can expect to encounter deer, beaver, fox, bobcat, wild turkey, a large variety of birds, and several different species of fish such as muskie, smallmouth bass, and catfish.

Mammoth Cave Wax Museum
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-3010
Famous men and women from throughout history are immortalized in wax and presented in historically correct settings. Come face-to-face with history, learn remarkable facts about America’s early heroes and statesmen, see some of Hollywood’s greatest stars.

Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum
I-65, exit 53. Cave City - 270-773-2255
Kentucky's first and largest Wildlife Museum with over 1,600 species of wildlife from all over the world. Unique museum features rustic cave-like atmosphere filled with beautiful, exotic animals and birds from around the world. An amazing, educational experience for the entire family.

Onyx Cave
Cave City, I-65 exit 53 - 270-773-3530
Located high above the surrounding limestone sinkhole plain, Onyx Cave is a system of vertical shafts uncovered during construction of the Guntown Mountain parking lot on Huckleberry Knob. The pits and domes of Onyx Cave were protected from weathering by the knob’s sandstone cap rock and after their formation have slowly became coated by calcite crystal flowstone. The combination of crystals and seeping water makes the walls of this most unusual cave shimmer. The 30 minute tour is conveniently located at Guntown Mountain and is perfect for those travelers who are on a limited time schedule. Open March through November.

Outlaw Cave
I-65 exit 53, Cave City - 270-773-2560 or (800) 798-0560
Lying on the side of a limestone valley just beneath the sandstone cap rock of the Mammoth Cave Plateau, Outlaw Cave offers a 35-minute non-strenuous, guided tour filled with beautiful stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones and other breath taking formations. Area legend has it that famous outlaws such as Jesse James, who roamed this part of the country in 1880, robbing stagecoaches and banks, hid out in Outlaw Cave and as well as other area caves. Jesse and his gang would have found this cave ideal as a "hideout" because the natural opening is large enough to ride a horse in. A tour in Outlaw Cave is perfect for the whole family, where it's short length, few stairs, and affordability makes it easily accessible to all. Outlaw Cave offers a lantern tour daily as well as normal tours.

Ridgetop Lake
I-65, exit 53. West on KY 70 between Cave City and Mammoth Cave - 270-773-9940
Ridgetop lake is a clean, quiet, fishing lake with a family atmosphere. We stock with farm-raised catfish three days a week. We also stock with big catfish (10 lbs and up-on a regular basis. Kids can fish for bluegill, too! Bring the family and enjoy the fishing! Catfishing, bait, groceries, camping supplies. No license required.

Brigadoon State Nature Preserve
From Exit 43 on I-65, travel east on the Cumberland Parkway to Exit 11 onto 31E south. Follow US 31E south for 6.5 miles, turn left onto Dover Church-Browning School Road and travel approximately 1.5 miles. Turn left onto Mutter Road and the parking area is approximately one-half mile on the left.
Brigadoon State Nature Preserve is 181 acres of mature woods and old fields bordering the backwaters of Barren River Reservoir in Barren County. Named by the former owners for the mythical Scottish village that appears from the mists once every hundred years, the unique character of the preserve does bring to mind the sense of being someplace special. The preserve was part of a 1,000-acre land grant given to Joseph Renfro, one of Virginia's Revolutionary War veterans. The rich woodlands contain an impressive array of spring wildflowers including several species considered rare or uncommon. The preserve also provides habitat for many resident and migratory birds. One-mile foot trail through ridgetops, mature forest and scenic ravines--moderately strenuous. Activities include hiking, birding, nature photography and research.

Green Valley Pay Lake
325 Siloam Road (off of Hwy. 90 East) - 270-678-5414

Houchens First Store
Located in Houchens Park approximately 7 miles from Glasgow. Take Hwy 31-E south to Dover Church-Browning School Road. Turn left and Houchens Park is located approximately one mile on the right. A picnic shelter and restrooms are available on site.
In 1917, Ervin Houchens established his first store in what would become a multi-store, multi-million supermarket chain scattered across south central Kentucky. The founding of Houchens Industries by Ervin G. Houchens is a quintessential American success story. One of ten children, Houchens grew up in a three-room log cabin. In 1917, at the age of 19, he opened his first grocery store in rural Barren County, Kentucky, where he grew up. It was a modest enterprise, housed in a 12-foot by 20-foot shed. Less than three years later he was able to relocate his business to Cross Roads, Kentucky, growing into a general merchandise store.

Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese
2033 Thomerson Park Road, Austin, KY - 888-571-4029
Handmade cheeses based on the quality ingredients and methods of the old world European cheese makers. The products are made on a 200-acre farm in southeastern Barren County near the community of Austin. Tours are available.

South Central Kentucky Cultural Center
200 West Water, Glasgow - 270-651-9792
The Center, also known as the Museum of the Barrens, is dedicated to telling the story of the people, places and events that make up the geographic area known as the "Barrens" of south central Kentucky. Housed in the old Kentucky Pants Factory (circa 1928) near downtown Glasgow, visitors travel all the way back to 12,000 BC, view tools and firearms, log cabins, and a gristmill from the mid-1800's. Other attractions include an extensive military exhibit starting with the Civil War, a doll collection, a one-room schoolhouse, Victorian parlor and a town square as it looked at the turn of the century. An extensive genealogical library is also maintained at the Center.

GLASGOW CITY PARKS

• All parks open from 7am-10pm.
  Anyone using the park(s) must adhere to Recreation Department Regulations available at the Glasgow Recreation Department office or online.
  
• All ball parks open to public use except when reserved for ball games or practice.
  
• Covered picnic shelters may be reserved at no charge. Reservations must be made and a Waiver of Liability signed one week in advance of us. Uncovered picnic tables are first come, first serve.

American Legion Park
Happy Valley Road (Highway 90 West) just off the 31E By-Pass in Glasgow
Park is composed of 12 acres and opened in 1976. Gazebos are first come, first serve. Current facilities located at American Legion Park include: Softball Field - with covered score booth, scoreboard and two (2) sets of fences to vary outfield distance; Covered Picnic Shelter - with five (5) wooden tables and electric outlet, no grill; Five (5) Gazebos- covered, metal tables / attached seats, grill available; Day Camp Building; Two (2) Playground Areas - with slides, swings and climbers; Three (3) Horse Shoe Throwing Pits; Sand Play Court; Four (4) Parking Areas - with designated handicapped parking; Disc Golf Course - nine (9) hole course; Restrooms - handicapped accessible

Beaver Trail Park
115 Beaver Trail in Glasgow (off Happy Valley Road / Hwy. 90 West)
Park covers 42 acres and was acquired in 1997 through grants, budget amendments and loans through the Kentucky League of Cities and the City of Glasgow. Uncovered picnic tables are first come, first serve. Current facilities located at Beaver Trail Park include: Softball / Baseball Fields - complete with covered dugouts, field lighting, concession, electronic scoreboard, bleachers and speaker system; Covered Picnic Shelter - Electric outlet, wooden picnic tables and handicapped accessible; 1/2 Mile Walking / Jogging Trail - that is marked for distance and lighted with several benches along the route; designed landscaping that includes over 80 decorative trees, 10 flower gardens; Blue bird and Martin bird houses; bushes and shrubs; Playground - for children ages 5-12, complete with slides, climbers, gliders, monkey bars, riders and fun tunnel; Restroom Facility doubles as Severe Weather Shelter (handicapped accessible); 4 Picnic Tables - uncovered; no outlets or grills; Parking Lots - capable of handling 150 cars each

Gorin Park
Gorin Park Drive off East Main Street (Hwy. 90 East) in Glasgow
Park is composed of 21 acres and opened in 1950. Uncovered picnic tables are first come, first serve. Current facilities at Gorin Park include: Baseball Stadium - Richardson Field, covered, with bleachers, concession; Little League Parks - Pitching machine and Coach Pitch fields, Concession Stand; 8 Tennis Courts; 2 Basketball Courts - Full sized, marked; Remote Control Car Track; 2 Covered Picnic Shelters - #1 Shelter has 8 tables; #2 Shelter has 5 tables; 4 Shaded Picnic Tables-no grill, uncovered; 2 Playground Areas - Complete with roofs, slides and climbers; Parking Areas - Handicapped accessible; Bathrooms - Handicapped accessible.

Twyman Park
Twyman Park Road, off South Green Street in Glasgow. Take Bunche Avenue to Twyman entrance.
The Park is composed of 5 acres and opened in 1970. Current facilities at Twyman Park include: Softball Field Area; Basketball Court - Paved, regulation full length court has all court markings, 2 goals, lights and bleachers; Volleyball Court; Two (2) Picnic Shelters- Covered, 4 tables, electric outlet; Playground - Fenced, with swings, slides and merry-go-rounds; Parking Area - Handicapped accessible; Restrooms

Weldon Park
Weldon Drive off Cleveland Avenue in Glasgow
The park is composed of 23 acres and opened in 1963. Current facilities located at Weldon Park include: Little League Baseball Field - covered score booth; Picnic Shelter - covered, wooden tables, electrical outlet; Nature Trail - composed of 1/2 mile and 1 mile lengths; Concession Stand; Storage Building; Playground Sets- one for ages 2 to 5 years and one for ages 5 to 12 years; Playground - Fenced, with swings, slides and merry-go-rounds; Parking Area - Handicapped accessible; Restrooms

Winn School & Antique Farm Equipment
Located in Houchens Park approximately 7 miles from Glasgow. Take Hwy 31-E south to Dover Church-Browning School Road. Turn left and Houchens Park is located approximately one mile on the right. A picnic shelter and restrooms are available on site.
The Winn School was originally located one mile west of its present location, where from 1891 to 1947 area youngsters were educated in this one-room schoolhouse. Bench desks, teacher's table/desk, books, photos and other artifacts celebrate the rural learning processes. A collection of antique farm implements and equipment are housed in a pole barn located on site.

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