Guests on a Cave Tour |
Great paddling events are planned for Carter Caves State Resort Park for March, April, and May. Warm up the Spring with an adventure float down Tygarts Creek. Known for its caves and outdoor amenities, Carter Caves State Resort Park has a dining room, cottages, lodge rooms, golf, horseback riding, hiking trails, fishing, and camping.
‘BYOK’ Tygart Creek Kayak Float
March 23 and May 11
Paddling on Tygarts Creek |
dry bag for your supplies. Participants meet at the Welcome Center at 10 a.m. The cost is $25 per person. Limited space available; preregistration is required. Call the park’s recreation department to register, 1-800-325-0059. (This trip may be canceled due to high or low water levels or extreme weather conditions).
Tygart Creek ‘Regretta’ Canoe Excursion
April 13, 14 and May 12
This is a 6-mile canoe trip that
navigates paddlers through the Tygarts Creek Gorge, one of Kentucky's most
scenic limestone gorges. You will be on the creek for at least 3.5
hours. Canoe experience is required. If you don’t have the experience,
then you’ll know why we call this a “REGRETTA.” Along the way you’ll see high
cliffsides and the natural beauty that the spring has to offer. There will also
be a side trip into one of Kentucky’s largest natural limestone tunnels. A
guide, canoes, paddles, life jackets and transportation to and from the creek
are provided. Required equipment is warm clothes, extra change of clothes,
treaded footwear, flashlight (for natural tunnel visit), sack lunch, bottled
water and a dry bag for your supplies. The cost is $25 per person. Limited
space available; preregistration is required. Participants meet at the Welcome
Center at 9:30 a.m. (This trip may be canceled due to high or low water levels
or extreme weather conditions). Call the park’s recreation department to
register at 1-800-325-0059.
Directions: From Interstate 64, Exit 161, take U.S. 60 east. Go approximately 2
miles and turn left on KY 182 north. The park entrance is 3 miles from the left
turn onto KY 182 north.