Kentucky's National Parks

Explore the Park Sites of the Bluegrass State

Get some bluegrass under your hiking boots as you discover Kentucky’s four national parks. Join nearly two million annual park visitors as you visit Lincoln’s birthplace at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park to the world’s longest known cave system.

Kentucky is home to Mammoth Cave National Park, preserving the 400-mile Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System and later earning the title of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Outdoor enthusiasts can head to Cumberland country for scenic hikes, incredible overlooks, and early American heritage at Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area and Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.