Kentucky Science Trail is now LIVE

Rob Weber

List of sites highlighted on the trail
 
Animal Science:
Elk & Bison Prairie
Kentucky Down Under
Kentucky Reptile Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Salato Wildlife Education Center
Second Chances Wildlife Center
Woodland Nature Station

Anthropology:
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
 
Aquatic Life
Newport Aquarium
Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Visitor and Environmental Education Center
 
Caves
Carter Caves State Resort Park
Crystal Onyx Cave
Diamond Caverns
Hidden River Cave & American Cave Museum
Lost River Cave
Mammoth Cave National Park
Onyx Cave and Rock Shop
Red River Gorge Underground
 
Engineering
Pikeville Cut-Through Overlook
Tours of the Toyota Georgetown Assembly Plant
 
Flora and Arboretums
The Arboretum State Botanical Garden of Kentucky
Baker Arboretum
Bernheim Forest & Arboretum
Boone County Arboretum
Green River Park & Arboretum
Waterfront Botanical Gardens
Wallis Arboretum
Western Kentucky Botanical Garden
Yew Dell Botanical Gardens
 
Geology and Paleontology
Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum
Big Bone Lick State Historic Site
Big Mike's Rock Shop
Camp Nelson National Monument (Self-guided geologic tour provided by KY Geological Survey)
Cove Spring Park/KGS Geological Tour
Geologic Tour of Boone County
Geologic Tour of Parklands of Floyds Fork
Lower Howard’s Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve (A KY Geological Site of Distinction)
Mantle Rock Nature Preserve
Middlesboro Meteorite Crater Impact Site
Natural Bridge State Resort Park
Red River Gorge Geological Area
 
Science History
McDowell House Museum, Apothecary & Gardens
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
Thomas Edison House
 
Museums
Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum
Explorium of Lexington
Highlands Museum & Discovery Center
Inland Waterways Museum (previously River Discovery Center)
Lexington Children's Museum
Kentucky Museum
Kentucky Science Center
Owensboro Museum of Science and History
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
 
National Parks
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Mammoth Cave National Park (See listing under “Caves”)
 
Nature and Ecology
Berea College Forestry Outreach Center at the Pinnacles
Bernheim Forest & Arboretum
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Blackacre State Nature Preserve and Historic Homestead
Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary
Cove Spring Park
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park
Floracliff Nature Sanctuary
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
John James Audubon State Park
Lilley Cornett Woods
Louisville Nature Center
Mantle Rock Preserve
McConnell Springs Park
Morgan Conservation Park
Maywoods Environmental and Educational Laboratory
NKU’s Research and Education Field Station
The Parklands of Floyds Fork
Raven Run Nature Sanctuary
 
Science Education and Art
The Living Arts & Science Center
 
Space Exploration
Aviation Museum of Kentucky
Berea College Planetarium and Digital Theater
East Kentucky Science Center & Varia Planetarium
Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium (Temporarily closed)
Golden Pond Planetarium and Observatory
NKU Haile Planetarium
WKU Hardin Planetarium
Morehead State University Star Theater
 
 
KAS Newsletter - copy of May 2024

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