Greenup County's Crowning Jewel
| | Greenbo Lake State Resort Park | |
The centerpiece of Greenbo Lake State Resort Park is beautiful 225-acre Greenbo Lake. Explore the lake with a relaxing canoe, motor boat or pontoon ride or by bicycle. Bike and boat rentals make it easy and enjoyable. Try your luck at fishing - Greenbo Lake State Resort Park is home to two state large mouth bass records! The lake also supports bluegill, crappie, catfish and trout. Enjoy the pristine beauty of the park on the twenty-five miles of hiking trails or cool off in the community pool. If your taste turns more to music and the arts, be sure to catch a performance in the outdoor theatre.
The Jesse Stuart Lodge, named in honor of famous poet laureate Jesse Hilton Stuart, is a home away from home. Sit by the big copper fireplace and relax with a novel or check out the delicious cuisine prepared by the chef in the dining room. If camping is more your style, you are sure to appreciate the 63-site campground with utility hook-ups and 35 primitive sites.
Two historic structures, Buffalo Iron Furnace, located in the Park, and Oldtown Covered
Bridge, a few miles from the Park's main entrance, invite investigation. The massive stone
tower of the Buffalo Furnace, built in 1851 by Hollister and Company, is a tangible reminder,
of Greenup County's industrial past. Built in 1880 on Burr's Patented Design, Old Town
Covered Bridge has a center stone support with two unequal spans. The 192-foot bridge was
restored in 1992-1993. Open only to pedestrians, it is located on County. Road 705 (closed)
just south of the community of Oldtown, approximately 6 miles south of the Park's main entrance.
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Location. 38° 28.767′ N, 82° 53.15′ W. Marker is in Oldtown, Kentucky, in Greenup County. It can be reached from Main Road (State Highway 1711) south of Pool Road, on the right when traveling north. Take the first right before Pool road into the parking lot. The marker is on the grounds of the Greenbo Lake State Resort Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 130 Pool Rd, Greenup KY 41144, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Kyova Tri-State Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Ohio River Valley, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
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