Big Bone Lick Trail
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Kentucky · Boone County

Big Bone Lick Trail

Easy park trail through historic fossil-site landscapes.

Rating
Length
2.0 mi
Difficulty
2
County
Boone
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About This Trail

Walking through the birthplace of American paleontology, this park trail explores sulfur springs and salt licks where mammoths, mastodons, and saber-toothed cats once gathered during the Ice Age. A visitor center displays a 1,000-pound mastodon skull, and the site earned National Historic Landmark status in 2024.

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Coordinates: 38.8814, -84.7558
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Getting There

From Florence, KY, take I-75 south to Exit 175 for KY-338. Turn west on KY-338 and follow signs to Big Bone Lick State Historic Site. The park entrance is on Beaver Road in Union, KY, with parking near the visitor center.

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