Paintsville Lake State Park | |
Photo Width: | 250 |
Type: | Kentucky state park |
Location: | Johnson County, Kentucky |
Map: | USA Kentucky#USA |
Map Label: | Paintsville Lake State Park |
Coords: | 37.8398°N -82.871°W |
Created: | 1986 |
Operator: | Kentucky Department of Parks |
Status: | Open year-round |
Paintsville Lake State Park is a park located just west of Paintsville, Kentucky in Johnson County. The park itself encompasses, while Paintsville Lake, its major feature, covers approximately extending into parts of Morgan County.[1]
The park contains thirty-two developed campsites, ten primitive campsites, a playground, four picnic shelters, a four lane launch ramp, an amphitheater,[2] a restaurant, a marina, and a Kiwanis Trail, a National Recreation Trail.[3] The park also contains the Mountain Homeplace,[4] which is a replica of a small farming community in Eastern Kentucky between 1850 and 1900, and has an adjacent 12103acres wildlife management area.[5]