My Old Kentucky Home State Park
My Old Kentucky Home State Park
Location:In Bardstown on US 150.
Facilities:39 campsites with utility hookups, restrooms, showers, picnic area,restrooms, playground, 18-hole regulation golf course, visitor center,historic house and grounds, gift shop.
Activities:Camping, golfing, tours of antebellum mansion and gardens by costumedguides, outdoor musical theatre production (in summer), Christmas candlelight tours.
Special Features:The park's familiar name comes from the song by Stephen Foster(Kentucky's official state song), who was inspired to write it during avisit here at his cousins' plantation, Federal Hill. The park featuresthe restored Rowan family estate, carriage house, smokehouse, andformal gardens.
Address:501 E Stephen Foster Ave
Bardstown, KY 40004
Phone:502-348-3502
Web: parks.ky.gov/stateparks/mk
Size: 290 acres.
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