Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Grand Rivers Walking Trail

The Grand Rivers Walking Trail is located in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, which is considered the state’s premier waterfront resort community. With two of the lake region’s finest resort marinas – one on each lake – Grand Rivers offers waterfront cottages and condos and unlimited access to water recreation.

Connecting the two lakes and the two marinas is the heart of Grand Rivers with the nostalgic Main Street feel of simpler times. The town offers shopping from antiques to boutiques and from bikes to biker  apparel. Grand Rivers is made complete with the award winning Patti’s 1880’s Settlement and Restaurant,  and the Badgett Playhouse with up to twenty special productions each year.

In commenting on the walking trail, the Grand Rivers website (www.grandrivers.org) states, “This two mile walking trail takes you from the Jetty at Lighthouse Landing through downtown into Little Lake Park. If you would start at any point along the walking trail and complete the loop from the end of the Jetty to the end  of the walking trail by Little Lake you will travel 2.18 miles. You will have ascended 222 feet and descended 231 feet.”

Capture (2) The Grand Rivers Jetty is located at Lighthouse Landing Resort & Marina on Kentucky Lake. It is named one of the Top 50 Romantic Spots in the Country by Cosmopolitan Magazine. Little Lake Park is located on Commerce Street behind the Badgett Playhouse, and is home to the Grand Rivers Street Dance and the Labor Day Arts & Crafts Festival. The park includes picnic areas and pavilion, bandstand and dance area, basketball court, green space, Little Lake with a small fishing jetty, and playground and parking area.