Kentucky State Parks offering a Thanksgiving buffet

Kentucky State Park restaurants are preparing for one of the busiest days of the year – Thanksgiving Day.

All 17 resort park restaurants will be serving the annual Thanksgiving Day buffet on November 25, 2010, a tradition for the parks and many families across Kentucky.  The parks are located in all areas of the state; finding a park close by is easy with Google Maps.

The buffet will include soups, cheeses, and salads for starters.  Entrees include turkey and dressing, baked ham, carved on the line roast beef, and fried chicken.  Vegetables include old fashioned candied yams, country-style green beans, and mashed potatoes with giblet gravy.  There will be a variety of desserts including pecan pie, pumpkin pie, and other southern favorites.

The cost for the buffet will be $17.95 plus tax (drink included) for adults; $6.95 for children ages 6-12 and children 5 and under are free.  The buffet will operate from noon to 8:00 p.m.  

Resort parks in Kentucky:

• Barren River Lake in Lucas; phone (800) 325-0057 – near Bowling Green and Mammoth Caves National Park
• Blue Licks Battlefield in Mt. Olivet; phone (800) 443-7008 – between Lexington and Maysville
• Buckhorn Lake in Buckhorn; phone (800) 325-0058 – north of Hazard and deep in the Daniel Boone Forest
• Carter Caves in Olive Hill; phone (800) 325-0059 – just north of I-64 in far eastern Kentucky near Ashland
• Cumberland Falls in Corbin; phone (800) 325-0063 – just west of I-75 in south-central Kentucky and home of the moonbow
• Dale Hollow Lake in Burkesville; phone (800) 325-2282 – along the Kentucky and Tennessee border in south-central Kentucky
• General Butler in Carrollton; phone (866) 462-8853 – along the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati
• Greenbo Lake in Greenup; phone (800) 325-0083 – in far eastern Kentucky near Ashland
• Jenny Wiley in Prestonsburg; phone (800) 325-0142 – in the mountains of eastern Kentucky north of Pikeville
• Kenlake in Hardin; phone (800) 325-0143 – along the shores of Kentucky Lake and near Land Between The Lakes National Recreational Area
• Kentucky Dam Village; phone (800) 325-0146 – along the shores of Kentucky Lake and near Land Between The Lakes National Recreational Area
• Lake Barkley in Cadiz; phone (800) 325-1708 – along the shores of Lake Barkley and near Land Between The Lakes National Recreational Area
• Lake Cumberland in Jamestown; phone (800) 325-1709 – in south-central Kentucky on the shores of Lake Cumberland
•  Natural Bridge in Slade; phone (800) 325-1710 – not far from Lexington and in the Red River Gorge National Geological Area
• Pennyrile Forest in Dawson Springs; phone (800) 325-1711 – northwest of Hopkinsville and just south of the Western Kentucky Parkway
• Pine Mountain in Pineville; phone (800) 325-1712 – near Cumberland Gap National Park
• Rough River Dam in Falls of the Rough; phone (800) 325-1713 – west of Elizabethtown and north of the Western Kentucky Parkway