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ATV Trails: Knott County, Kentucky

February 25, 2010 by J-Rod 

Bill Reed

My good buddy Bill Reed, who I met roughly five years ago while visiting the Hatfield McCoy Trail System and has been an ATV Sport test rider, was manning the Knott County, Kentucky, booth at the 2010 Indianapolis Dealer Expo. Seeing the West Virginian in a booth that represented the state of Kentucky drove me to ask him a few questions. The first and most obvious question was “Why are representing Kentucky?” Another, “Are you moving from West Virginia?”

Reed’s answers explained everything and stated that he decided to sell his little motel in Gilbert, W.Va., and move the entire family to Kentucky to assist with the creation of OHV trails in the southeastern Kentucky county, which is known as “The Elk Capital of the East.”

The Knott County OHV system is scheduled to open (tentative) this fall. Of the four riding areas, only No. 1 Mine Made Paradise Park — which features a training center — is slated to open this year. The remaining three trailheads (No. 2 Fire Trail, No. 3 Brushee Fork Trail and No. 4 Red Fox Trail) are slated to open in 2012.

Mine Made Paradise Park has literally hundreds of miles of trails for ATVs, side-by-sides and dirt bikes on only a small portion of the 43,000 acres of privately owned land. The trails are professional designed and marked. In order to appeal to a wide variety of users, the system will also feature campgrounds and cabins (to open soon). The on-site Training Center is dedicated for closed-course ATV and motorcycle training and is the lone facility in the Appalachian region, according to Knott County.  For more info on the Training Center, visit www.kcrtc.com or call (606) 233-0080.
KnottCounty, Kentucky

Knott County, Kentucky, is slated to open in the fall of 2010.
Mulit-Use Trails

Not only will the Knott County trails cater to ATVs, UTVs and dirt bikes, but they also will be open to equestrian, with more than 100 miles of trails dedicated to horseback riding. The Knott County brochure says the Annual Trail Rides (May 7-9 and Oct. 1-3, 2010) are expected to attract more than 10,000 riders from 12 states.

For More Detailed Info, download the PDF here:

http://www.wmthcorp.com/knott co document.pdf

Area Attractions

With more than 10,000 Elk in the area, visitors can take a break from riding and participate see all the horned animals with Saddle Up Elk Tours. The area also has a Sportsplex, Carr Creek Lake & State Park,  Artisan Center, skate park and museum and settlement school.

Lodging:

For lodging in the Knott County, Kentucky, area click Hotels/Motels/Other.

CONTACT:

(270) 792-5300; (800) 532-1622

www.knottcountyadventure.com

Related Links:

http://www.wmthcorp.com/

http://www.trailsrus.com/

http://www.knottcountytrailriders.com/

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3 Responses to “ATV Trails: Knott County, Kentucky”

  1. Chrome on March 4th, 2010 1:34 pm

    I Love riding ATV’s!!! Never in Kentucky though.

  2. steven on March 5th, 2010 3:22 am

    I love riding motorcycle instead. To the trails,i don’t care much.

  3. ATV Trail Reviews on March 9th, 2010 4:33 pm

    Love the trail posts keep them coming

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