General Burnside Island State Park
General Burnside Island State Park is located in Kentucky
General Burnside Island State Park
Location in Kentucky
General Burnside Island State Park is located in the United States
General Burnside Island State Park
Location in United States
TypeKentucky State Park
LocationPulaski County, Kentucky
Coordinates36°58′33″N 84°36′8″W / 36.97583°N 84.60222°W / 36.97583; -84.60222
Area430 acres (170 ha)
Created1958[1]
Operated byKentucky Department of Parks
WebsiteOfficial website

General Burnside Island State Park is a park located just south of Somerset, Kentucky in Pulaski County. The park encompasses 430 acres (170 ha) in the middle of Lake Cumberland, making it Kentucky's only island park. The park is named for General Ambrose E. Burnside, a Union general during the Civil War who stationed his troops at the location that the park now occupies.[2]

Activities and amenities

Referred to locally as Burnside Island, the state park offers camping, golf, and lake access via boat ramp on the south end of the island. The golf course was voted first place as the Commonwealth Journal Readers Choice Award for "Best Places to Play Golf" in 2009.[3] The following year, it placed second.[4]

Although elected officials have spoken of upgrades to the park, including the construction of a state lodge and improvements to the golf course,[5] a spokesperson in 2010 said the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet has no plans for a lodge "right now."[6]

References

  1. ^ "General Burnside Island State Park".
  2. ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Parks, State". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
  3. ^ "General Burnside Island State Park". Kentucky Department of Parks. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  4. ^ "2010 Readers' Choice Award Winners". Commonwealth Journal. Somerset, Ky. March 31, 2010. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  5. ^ Harris, Chris (February 27, 2007). "Fletcher, Rogers speak on lake". Commonwealth Journal. Somerset, Ky. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2007.
  6. ^ Mardis, Bill (February 23, 2010). "Danville firm to replace Burnside Island sewer system". Commonwealth Journal. Somerset, Ky. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
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