Barbourville, Kentucky Travel Information

Corbin to Parker's Lake: Past the Home of the Moonbow This is one of the shortest drives in the book, just 27.2 miles, but it is also one of the best. It begins in Corbin, the home of Colonel Sanders’ Kentucky Fried Chicken, winds past Cumberland Falls, ... Corbin, KY

Pineville to Harlan: Where Coal was King This is another mountain drive through 90 miles of beautiful wooded hollows and along ridges. There are a number of abandoned as well as operating coal mines to be seen along the way. At one point, th... Pineville, KY

Through the Cumberland Gap around Barbourville and Whitesburg, Kentucky Dr. Thomas Walker was hired by Virginia’s Loyal Land Company to go west in search of fertile settling land. In 1750, when Walker found the only natural route west, a divide he named Cumberland Gap, he... Barbourville, KY

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Chained Rock Trail (Distance: 12.6 mi) A lovely wooded trail past a natural arch to an unusual lookout near the top of Pine Mountain. At the edge of a rock cliff face on Pine Mountain above the town of Pineville, a huge rock appears to per...

Pineville, KY - Hiking - length:2.8 mi

North Fork of the Cumberland River: Harlan to Lake Cumberland (Distance: 12.6 mi) The North Fork of the Cumberland River (often referred to as simply the Cumberland) originates near Harlan at the confluence of the Poor Fork and Catron Creek and flows west draining the east Kentucky...

Harlan, KY - Whitewater Paddling - length:156.8 mi

Laurel River Lake Trail (Distance: 19.2 mi) A relaxing walk along the wooded shoreline of a man-made but attractive lake. The dirt path is shaded by pines and hardwoods, and ranges from running directly along the water to rising a good distance...

London, KY - Hiking - length:3.4 mi

Pinnacle Overlook Trail (Distance: 19.4 mi) A walk along a beautiful mountain stream to an overlook above Cumberland Gap. Sugar Run is a small, picturesque stream running down the Kentucky side of Cumberland Mountain. In spring the hollow is fu...

Middlesboro, KY - Hiking - length:7.8 mi

Tri-State Peak Trail (Distance: 21.4 mi) A short walk to the ridgetop spot where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet plus stops at Cumberland Gap and two Civil War fort sites. The states of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee meet just sout...

Middlesboro, KY - Hiking - length:2.8 mi

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Indian Springs Indian Springs Golf & Country Club Public, 9 holes 3484 yards, par 36 0.6 miles from center of Barbourville, Kentucky

Wasioto Winds Wasioto Winds Municipal, 18 holes 7037 yards, par 72 11.6 miles from center of Barbourville, Kentucky

Sweet Hollow Sweet Hollow Golf Course Public, 9 holes 3240 yards, par 36 13.2 miles from center of Barbourville, Kentucky

Tri-County Tri-County Country Club Private Equity, 9 holes 2899 yards, par 35 15.4 miles from center of Barbourville, Kentucky

Golf Course The Golf Course Public, 9 holes 3300 yards, par 36 17.4 miles from center of Barbourville, Kentucky

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