John James Audubon State Park

Information about John James Audubon State Park

John James Audubon State Park is located on U. S. Highway 41 in Henderson, Kentucky, just south of the Ohio River. Its inspiration is John James Audubon, the ornithologist, naturalist and painter who resided in Henderson from 1810 to 1819 when Henderson was a frontier village. Audubon operated small businesses there with mixed success, but his passion was exploring the forests of the region and sketching and painting wildlife, particularly birds.

Audubon Park consists of approximately 700 acres, primarily hilly forests that include a 338-acre state nature preserve with old-growth trees and trails.

Highlights include the internationally acclaimed Audubon Museum that features numerous valuable examples of Audubon art as well as a gift shop and nature center; a nine-hole golf course; six cottages; a 69-acre campground that can accommodate tents and campers; a 28-acre manmade fishing lake with rental pedal boats; 6.5 miles of forest hiking trails; tennis courts; four picnic shelters; and playground.

A variety of year-round, interpretive programs are conducted under the direction of a full-time naturalist and museum educator. Programs focus on art history, as well as native plants, animals, conservation and recycling.

Audubon Park receives local support from a not-for-profit organization, the Friends of Audubon.

The park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

External links

Kentucky State Parks web site: John James Audubon State Park

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State Nature Preserves	Axe Lake Swamp State Nature Preserve• Bad Branch Falls State Nature Preserve • Brigadoon State Nature Preserve • Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves• Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve • Blackacre State Nature Preserve • Blue Licks State Nature Preserve • Jesse Stuart State Nature Preserve • Natural Bridge State Nature Preserve
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State Recreation Parks	Ben Hawes • Blue Licks Battlefield • Big Bone Lick • Carr Creek • Columbus-Belmont • Dale Hollow Lake • E.P. "Tom" Sawyer • Fort Boonesborough • General Burnside • John James Audubon • Kincaid Lake • Kingdom Come • Lake Malone • Levi Jackson Wilderness Road • Lincoln Homestead • Mineral Mound • My Old Kentucky Home • Nolin Lake • Old Fort Harrod • Paintsville Lake • Taylorsville Lake • Yatesville Lake
State Forests	Dewey Lake • Kentenia • Kentucky Ridge • Knobs • Pennyrile • Olympia • Tygarts State Forest
Other	Breaks Interstate Park • Daniel Boone National Forest • Kentucky Horse Park
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Henderson
Location of Henderson within Kentucky.
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Country United States
State Kentucky
County Henderson
Established 1797
Incorporated 1801
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Ohio River (Oyo)

The widest point on the Ohio River is just west of downtown Louisville, where it is one mile wide

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John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter. He painted, catalogued, and described the birds of North America.
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Ornithology (from Greek: ορνισ, ornis, "bird"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of birds.
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frontier is a political and geographical term referring to areas near or beyond a boundary, or of a different nature.

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village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city^[1]. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York
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Old growth forest, also called primary forest, ancient forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, frontier forest or ancient woodland (in the UK), is an area of forest that has attained great age and so exhibits unique biological features.
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Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams of players strike a ball into a hole using several types of clubs. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed, standardised playing field or area; defined in the Rules of Golf as
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campsite (or campground) is a place used for overnight stay in the out of doors. The term 'campsite' usually means an area where an individual, family, group or military unit might camp.
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National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) established the National Register and the process for adding properties
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Commonwealth of Kentucky

Flag of Kentucky Seal
Nickname(s): Bluegrass State
Motto(s): United we stand, divided we fall

Official language(s) English^[1]

Capital Frankfort

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National Park Service

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Formed August 25, 1916

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Location Kentucky, USA
Nearest city Cave City
Coordinates
Area 52,835 acres (214 kmÂ²)
Established July 1, 1941
Total visitation 597,934 (in 2006)
Governing body National Park Service
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Location Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, USA
Nearest city Middlesboro, Kentucky
Coordinates
Area 20,508 acres (83 kmÂ²)
Established June 11, 1940
Total visitation 1,006,447 (in 2005)

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Location Tennessee & Kentucky, USA
Nearest city Oneida, Tennessee, Whitley City, Kentucky

Area 125,310 acres (507.11 kmÂ²)
Established March 7, 1974
Total visitation 699,230 (in 2005)

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Location Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA

Coordinates
Area 344.50 acres (1.39 kmÂ²)
Established July 17, 1916
Total visitation 190,809 (in 2005)
Governing body National Park Service

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The Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission is an agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the United States dedicated to the protection of Kentucky's natural heritage.
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Axe Lake Swamp State Nature Preserve is a 458 acre (0 km) nature reserve located near Barlow, Kentucky in Ballard County in an area known locally as "the Barlow bottoms", a wetland created by periodic flooding along the mouth
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Bad Branch Falls State Nature Preserve is a 2,639-acre nature preserve in Letcher County, Kentucky. Originally dedicated by the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission on September 26, 1985, the preserve was 435 acres and included Bad Branch Gorge, a forested gorge with a sixty
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Brigadoon State Nature Preserve is located in Barren County, Kentucky adjacent to the Barren River Lake.

With assistance from The Nature Conservancy, 92 acres of mostly mature forest was dedicated into the preserve system on March 14, 1985.
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Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves are two nature preserves totaling 146 acres located within the boundaries of Carter Caves State Resort Park in Carter County, Kentucky.
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Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve is a 41-acre nature preserve in Louisville, Kentucky's Poplar Level neighborhood, in roughly the central portion of the city. It is named for Beargrass Creek, the south fork of which passes along the northern side of the preserve.
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