Trails in the Cave Run Lake, DBNF.

At Leisures Edge: Maps in Video

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

During the early days of outrageGIS mapping, Boyd finished a one-hour video that explored once-segregated black parks in Kentucky. The historic parks found in the movie are Douglass Park in Lexington, Iroquois & Chickasaw Parks in Louisville, Stuart Nelson and Noble Parks in Paducah, and Cherokee State Resort Park in Aurora.

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Tater Knob Trail - Pioneer Weapons

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Tater Knob Fire Tower stairs

Cave Run Lake Trail Guide: $12

This is an essential Cave Run Lake experience: hiking to the top of Tater Knob. You can’t say you’ve ‘done’ Cave Run, unless you’ve watched the sunset from this last-standing fire tower in the Daniel Boone national forest. Built in 1934, the tower was decommissioned in the 1970’s when aircraft replaced fixed observation points.

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