Coal Education Field Trip Sites in Kentucky 
|
|
Coal Education Field Trip Sites in Kentucky |
Coal Education Field Trip Sites in Kentucky
|
|
Field Trip Site |
City/County |
Phone |
Age Group |
|
|
|
||||
| Museums | ||||
|
1 |
Kentucky Coal
Museum Coal & Rail Museum Lexington Children's Museum Kentucky History Center Elkhorn City Railroad Museum Open Tuesday and Friday |
Benham/Harlan Jenkins/Letcher Lexington/Fayette Frankfort/Franklin Elkhorn City/Pike |
606-848-1530 |
all ages |
|
|
||||
| Parks | ||||
| 4 5 |
Paradise Park
Complex Duncan Cultural Center Big South Fork Scenic Railway |
Greenville/Muhlenberg Greenville/Muhlenberg Stearns/McCreary |
270-338-5422 |
all ages |
|
|
||||
| Interpretive Center | ||||
| 6 | Jenny Wiley State
Resort Park Contact: Ron Vanover |
Prestonsburg/Floyd |
606-886-2711 |
all ages |
|
|
||||
| Wildlife Reclamation | ||||
| 7 8 |
Cyprus-Amax WMA
(Elk) Peabody Wildlife Mgmt. Area Contact: Joyce L. Fitzgerald, KDFWR |
Ary/Perry Muhlenberg & Ohio |
606-378-3474 |
all ages |
|
|
||||
| Annual Events | ||||
| 9 10 |
CEDAR's Regional
Coal Fair Contact: John Justice West Kentucky CEDAR's Coal Fair Contact: Phil Edmondson |
Pikeville/Pike Madisonville/Hopkins |
606-433-4053 |
all ages |
|
|
||||
| Underground Mine Tour | ||||
| 16 | Portal 31 UG Mine *Planned opening date: 2003 |
Lynch/Harlan |
606-848-1530 |
all ages |
|
|
||||
| Simulated Underground Mine | ||||
| 11 | Madisonville
Technical College Contact: Rick Caskey |
Madisonville/Hopkins |
270-824-1671 |
3rd grade & up |
|
|
||||
| Coal Research Labs** | ||||
| 12 13 14 |
Center for
Applied Energy Research Kentucky Geological Survey Western Kentucky University |
Lexington/Fayette Lexington/Fayette Bowling Green/Warren |
859-257-0224 |
all ages |
**All labs are limited to tours for special projects only.