All special events are subject to change and may be cancelled or postponed by the Kentucky Department of Parks due to unforeseen circumstances. Please confirm event schedule prior to arrival for date, time and fee information, especially if you plan to visit a Kentucky State Park for a specific event. Event details and contact information for all 52 Kentucky State Parks can be found on this website.
Mother's Day Weekend With Tammy Elza
5/10/2008
The Kentucky Environmental Education Company with Tammy Elza, naturalist, will present an environmental education program with the use of live animals. She has many different animals she brings for show and tell. Event time: 7pm to 8pm.
Spring Yard Sale Weekend
5/17/2008
Come join us as we sell all your old stuff in our Spring Yard Sale. It will be a Trash to Treasures weekend. Campers will be the only ones selling. Anyone can drive through to shop at the campsites. So bring everything you want to sell. No firearms. Event time: 8am to 6pm.
School's Out Pot Luck
5/23/2008
It's time to party so let's get together at Shelter House #2. It will be a Pot Luck party so bring your best dishes. The kids will have a blast doing crafts to take home with them. Games and prizes, too. Event time: 3pm to 10:30pm.
Safety Saturday
6/7/2008
We would like you to join us as we play and learn about how to be safe when in a fire. We will have a special guest explain fire safety to the children. They will have a chance to go through a safety house so they can learn how to escape during a fire. Then the kids will see a fire truck and its equipment. Event time: 1pm to 2:30pm.
Father's Day Pot Luck
6/13/2008
Let's have another Pot Luck Party for the Dads. So let's get together and make some of your famous dishes that you would like to share with everyone. The kids will participate in activities and make gifts for dad. These will take place at Shelter House #2. We will have games and prizes for the kids. Event time: 6pm to 8:30pm.
Naturalist Weekend
6/21/08 to 6/22/08
Join us at General Burnside for Naturalist Weekend. You will get to see different kinds of plant life and animals. The park ranger will also be there to talk to us about the different kinds of snakes in the area. At the end of the two days, each child will get to take home a badge. All ages are welcome. Event time: Saturday, 10am to 6pm and Sunday, 10am to 12:30pm.
Junior Ranger Weekend
6/28/08 to 6/29/08
We will be having guest speakers to talk about what a ranger's job is like and also one of our very own Burnside police officers to talk about their job. There are going to be crafts for the kids and a game of "Ranger Tag" to top it off. The kids will also get a Junior Ranger award. Event time: Saturday, 10:30am to 6pm and Sunday, 10am to 12:30pm
4th of July Bike Parade
7/4/2008 to 7/5/2008
We will be letting the kids decorate their bikes and join in on the July 4th Parade. But you don't need a bike -- we can decorate you up to walk in the parade! There will be activites, games and prizes for all ages. On the 5th of July there will be a Checker Tournament for ages 8 and up to see who is the Checker King! We will also have a watermelon seed spitting contest. So come enjoy your 4th of July with us. Events start July 4 at 5 p.m. and July 5 at 10 a.m.
Holidays in July
7/26/2008
We would like you to decorate your site in the Holiday Season theme that you celebrate each year. There will be a prize for the best and creative site in the campground. The park will have crafts, games and prizes for the winners.
Back to School Fest
8/2/2008
This will be a day of crafts and games for the kids. At the end of the day there will be books and school supplies given out to each child.
Junior Rangers Day
8/23/2008
The children will learn how to be safe in nature. A ranger will talk about saftey around animals. We will make some different crafts with the kids. Each child will get a certificate showing they are a Junior Ranger.
Fall Yard Sale Time
9/20/2008
It's Fall Yard Sale Time! Bring all you can and have a blast selling. No fire arms allowed to be sold. The commuity will be allowed to attend the Yard Sale but campers are the only ones allowed to sell. So get a camp site and set up for the yard sale. Your trash may be another's treasure.
Spook Out Weekend
10/24/2008 to 10/25/2008
This is a weekend of spooks and fun. On the 24th, there will be all kinds of crafts for the kids that they'll be able to decorate their site with. We will have the Lake Cumberland Square Dancers there to perform along with other performers on Oct. 25. We will have contests for pumpkin carving, site decorating, costumes, toilet bowl horseshoes and lots of games and prizes.