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Pine Mountain State Resort Park
State park in Kentucky, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pine Mountain State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park located in Bell County, southeastern Kentucky, United States. Located on part of the Pine Mountain ridge in the Appalachians, the park opened in 1924 as Kentucky's first state park.
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Pine Mountain State Park Nature Preserve | |
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
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Location | Bell County, Kentucky, United States |
Nearest city | Pineville, Kentucky |
Coordinates | 36°45′04″N 83°42′33″W |
Area | 1,159 acres (4.69 km2) |
Established | 1924 |
Governing body | Kentucky Department of Parks |
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Each spring since 1933, the park has hosted the annual Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival.[1][2] A portion of the park is legally dedicated as a nature preserve by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves.