Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission
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The Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission is an agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
in the United States
dedicated to the protection of Kentucky's natural heritage.
Statewide Nature Preserve / Natural Area List:
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
in the United States
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dedicated to the protection of Kentucky's natural heritage.
Statewide Nature Preserve / Natural Area List:
- Axe Lake Swamp SNPAxe Lake Swamp State Nature PreserveAxe Lake Swamp State Nature Preserve is a nature reserve located near Barlow, Kentucky in Ballard County in an area known locally as "the Barlow bottoms", a wetland created by periodic flooding along the mouth of the Ohio River. Originally, Axe Lake consisted of of the main lake and about 120...
- Bad Branch SNPBad Branch Falls State Nature PreserveBad Branch Falls State Nature Preserve is a nature preserve in Letcher County, Kentucky. Originally dedicated by the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission on September 26, 1985, the preserve was and included Bad Branch Gorge, a forested gorge with a sixty foot waterfall tumbling over...
- Roger W Barbour Bat Cave SNPBat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature PreservesBat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves are two nature preserves totaling located within the boundaries of Carter Caves State Resort Park in Carter County, Kentucky. Bat Cave was dedicated into the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission system on Dec 16 1981 for the protection of...
- Beargrass Creek SNPBeargrass Creek State Nature PreserveBeargrass Creek State Nature Preserve is a nature preserve in Louisville, Kentucky's Poplar Level neighborhood, in roughly the central portion of the city. It is named for Beargrass Creek, the south fork of which passes along the northern side of the preserve. The preserve is adjacent to...
- Bissell Bluff SNA
- Blackacre State Nature Preserve
- Blanton Forest SNP
- Blue Licks State Nature PreserveBlue Licks Battlefield State ParkBlue Licks Battlefield State Park is a park located near Mount Olivet, Kentucky in Robertson County. The park encompasses , and features a monument commemorating the August 19, 1782 Battle of Blue Licks...
- Boone County Cliffs SNP
- Bouteloua Barrens SNP
- Brigadoon SNPBrigadoon State Nature PreserveBrigadoon State Nature Preserve is located in Barren County, Kentucky adjacent to the Barren River Lake.With assistance from The Nature Conservancy, of mostly mature forest was dedicated into the preserve system on March 14, 1985. Another were dedicated on June 12, 2001...
- Cascade Caverns SNPBat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature PreservesBat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves are two nature preserves totaling located within the boundaries of Carter Caves State Resort Park in Carter County, Kentucky. Bat Cave was dedicated into the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission system on Dec 16 1981 for the protection of...
- Chaney Lake SNP
- Crooked Creek Barrens SNP
- Cumberland Falls SPNP
- Cypress Creek SNP
- Dinsmore Woods SNP
- Eastview Barrens SNP
- Flat Rock Glade SNP
- Floracliff SNP
- Frances Johnson Palk SNP
- Goodrum Cave SNP
- Hi Lewis Pine Barrens SNP
- James E. Bickford SNP
- Jesse Stuart SNP
- Jim Scudder SNP
- John B. Stephenson Memorial Forest SNP
- John James Audubon SPNP
- Julian Savanna SNP
- Kingdom Come SPNP
- Logan County Glade SNP
- Lower Howard's Creek Heritage Park and SNP
- Martin's Fork SNA
- Metropolis Lake SNP
- Natural Bridge State Park State Nature PreserveNatural Bridge State Park (Kentucky)Natural Bridge State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park located in Powell and Wolfe Counties along the Middle Fork of the Red River, adjacent to the Red River Gorge Geologic Area and surrounded by the Daniel Boone National Forest. Its namesake natural bridge is the centerpiece of the park. The...
- Newman's Bluff SNA
- Obion Creek SNP
- Pilot Knob SNP
- Pine Mountain SPNP
- Quiet Trails SNP
- Raymond Athey Barrens SNP
- River Cliffs SNP
- Short's Goldenrod SNP
- Six Mile Island SNPSix Mile Island State Nature PreserveSix Mile Island is a nature preserve in Jefferson County, Kentucky located on the Ohio River.-About:The Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission is the project manager over the preserve and was dedicated June 24, 1979. The reserve is an undeveloped riverine island and is known for its extensive...
- Springhouse Barrens SNP
- Stone Mountain SNA
- Terrapin Creek SNP
- Thompson Creek Glades SNP
- Three Ponds SNP
- Tom Dorman SNPTom Dorman State Nature PreserveTom Dorman State Nature Preserve is located in both Garrard and Jessamine county Kentucky and protects a section of the Kentucky River Palisades. The preserve is owned by the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, and encompasses of cliffs, bluffs, and bottomland...
- Vernon-Douglas SNP
- Woodburn Glade SNP
- SNP indicates State Nature Preserve
- SPNP indicates State Park Nature Preserve
- SNA indicates State Natural Area