Bob Noble Park
2915 Park Ave. (U.S. Highway 60)
Paducah, KY 42001 | Map
phone: (270) 444-8508
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145-acre municipal park features Junior Olympic-sized outdoor swimming pool, basketball and tennis courts, baseball/softball fields, skate park, picnic shelters, outdoor amphitheater, handicapped accessible nature trail, Greenway Trail, Megasaurus playland and Wacinton, an Indian carving by Peter Wolf Toth. Spring and summer Movies in the Park and Concerts in the Park provide seasonal family entertainment.

Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge
91 Us Hwy 641n
Benton, KY 42025 | Map
phone: (270) 527-5770
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Popular with birders and hunters, Kentucky's lone National Wildlife Refuge, consisting of 8,500 acres in Marshall, Graves, and McCracken counties, is based at the northern outskirts of Benton and scattered up and down the bottomlands of its eponymous stream. The environmental education and recreation area off Ky. 408, east of uptown Benton includes a fishing pond, demonstrations of hardwood forest restoration and native warm season grass restoration, about three miles of seasonal hiking trails (closed in winter) and impoundments for waterfowl and wading bird management.

• Hunting and fishing
• Wildlife observation and photography
• Hiking
• Wildlife education and interpretation programs

Greenway Trail
2915 Park Ave. or 157 Stuart Nelson Park Rd.
Paducah, KY 42001 | Map
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Walk or bike the 1.75 mile Greenway Trail from Noble Park to County Park Road. The Greenway Trail may also be accessed from Stuart Nelson Park.

Kentucky's Western Waterlands
Western Kentucky's Lakes & Rivers Region
toll free: (800) 448-1069
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The combination of rivers and lakes create a virtual playground in the 15 counties of Western Kentucky's Lakes & Rivers Region.

Land Between The Lakes
USDA Forest Service National Recreation Area
Golden Pond, KY 42211 | Map
phone: 800.LBL.7077
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Recreation activities include mountain biking and cycling, camping, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, hunting, off-highway vehicle trails and water sports. Attractions include the Elk & Bison Prairie, Golden Pond Planetarium, Nature Station and The Homeplace, a 19th century working farm. USDA Forest Service National Recreation Area.

Metropolis Lake State Nature Preserve
Us 60w To Kentucky 996
Metropolis, IL 62960 | Map
phone: (270) 745-7005
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Natural lake ringed with bald cypress and swamp tupelo. Five species of rare fish, beaver, winter place for bald eagles. Open to public for hiking, birding and nature study.