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Munfordville certified as 16th Kentucky Trail Town

Munfordville joins Dawson Springs, Livingston, Morehead, Olive Hill, London, Stearns, Elkhorn City, Jamestown, Manchester, Berea, Columbia, Royalton, the Harlan County Tri Cities of Cumberland, Benham & Lynch, McKee and Slade as Kentucky Trail Towns.
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By Seth Wheat
News from Commonwealth News Center

MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. (27 Apr 2017) - The Kentucky Department of Tourism today announced Munfordville as a certified Kentucky Trail Town.

The Kentucky Trail Town Program is a tourism based development program that provides a plan for communities to capitalize on their opportunities for outdoor recreation. Primarily an economic development based plan, it also seeks to increase opportunities for healthy physical activities through increased access to trails and recreational areas.



Adventures in Munfordville include the Green River, Big Buffalo Crossing Canoe & Kayak, camping and hiking at Green River Park & Arboretum, the Mammoth Cave Loop of the TransAmerica Cycling Route and several other locally designated cycling routes. They also host the Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off and are home to Kentucky's Stonehenge.

"Outdoor recreation is big business in the United States, totaling over 887 billion dollars in direct spending," Kentucky Department of Tourism Commissioner Kristen Branscum said. "Kentucky Trail Towns are trying to capitalize on that spending by becoming destinations for adventure tourism."

Munfordville joins Dawson Springs, Livingston, Morehead, Olive Hill, London, Stearns, Elkhorn City, Jamestown, Manchester, Berea, Columbia, Royalton, the Harlan County Tri Cities of Cumberland, Benham & Lynch, McKee and Slade as Kentucky Trail Towns.

For more information on all Kentucky Trail Towns, as well as all outdoor adventure opportunities in Kentucky, visit www.kentuckytourism.com/outdoor-adventure. Follow Kentucky Adventure Tourism on twitter and instagram @KYAdventures and Facebook.com/KYOutdooorAdventure.


This story was posted on 2017-04-29 02:01:41
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