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Pine Mountain State Resort Park in Pineville, KY is Kentucky's first state park, offering hiking trails, the iconic Chained Rock overlook, a lodge, dining, and the Laurel Cove Amphitheater.
Pine Mountain State Resort Park, rising directly above Pineville, was Kentucky's very first state park and remains one of its most scenic.
The park offers miles of hiking trails, including the short trail to Chained Rock — a massive boulder chained to the cliff above town — plus the Living Stairway, Hemlock Garden, and Laurel Cove trails that bloom with mountain laurel each spring.
Visitors can stay at the park lodge, dine with valley views, and attend events at the open-air Laurel Cove Amphitheater, home of the Mountain Laurel Festival. It's the perfect base for exploring Pineville and Bell County's outdoors.
