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General Burnside Island Golf Course

The pub­lic golf course at Gen­er­al Burn­side Island State Park is locat­ed on an island sur­round­ed by Lake Cum­ber­land in Som­er­set, Ken­tucky. Bri­an Ault, design­er of Dale Hol­low Lake and […]

Haney’s Appledale Farm

Locat­ed in the small com­mu­ni­ty of Nan­cy, vis­it­ing Haney’s Appledale Farm is a tra­di­tion in South-Cen­­tral Ken­tucky. Whether it’s a fam­i­ly’s out­ing to the orchards to pick their favorite apples […]

Mural Trail

Som­er­set’s Mur­al Trail encour­ages both locals and vis­i­tors to dis­cov­er a diverse set of murals down­town. As you explore, you will find depic­tions of every­thing from a por­trait of a […]

The Virginia

That feel­ing you get when see­ing the cur­tains drawn or hear­ing the first notes of an open­ing song is a feel­ing that is noth­ing new at The Vir­ginia. Though a […]

Walk Somerset

A self-guid­ed inter­pre­tive walk­ing tour of down­town Som­er­set leads you through part of its rich his­to­ry. In addi­tion to show­ing such places as the once-thriv­ing com­mer­cial dis­trict or the his­toric […]

Hunting

Oppor­tu­ni­ties are avail­able across the Lake Cum­ber­land Wildlife Man­age­ment Area, which includes shore­line, steep ridges, hard­wood forests, old farm­lands, and wildlife plant­i­ngs in a five-coun­­ty area.

Mill Springs National Cemetery

The Bat­tle of Mill Springs in Jan­u­ary 1862 saw 4,400 Union troops turn back near­ly 5,900 Con­fed­er­ates. Union casu­al­ties amount­ed to 40 killed, 207 wound­ed, and 15 miss­ing; Con­fed­er­ate loss­es […]

Mill Springs Battlefield Museum and Visitors Center

The Bat­tle of Mill Springs was the first Union vic­to­ry in the West­ern the­ater of the Amer­i­can Civ­il War. The Bat­tle­field extends from Nan­cy, Ken­tucky (his­tor­i­cal­ly known as Logan’s Cross­roads) […]

Striper Fishing Guides

Whether you are in search of a tro­phy fish, or just relax­ation time on the lake, there are sev­er­al fish­ing guide ser­vices that pro­vide an enjoy­able fish­ing expe­ri­ence.