There’s always something fun going on at Barren River Lake State Resort Park !
Beautiful Barren River Lake State Resort Park never fails to impress. Maybe you’re a photographer looking for incredible photo ops or a diner looking for great catfish in the lodge’s restaurant. Maybe you’re a boater, fisherman (or woman), or golfer looking for their next great challenge.
Or maybe you’re simply looking for rest and relaxation surrounded by Kentucky’s awe-inspiring beauty. Whatever you’re looking for, you’ll find it.. and more… at Barren River Lake State Resort Park. They have something special in store for bird lovers in January and February.
Each year thousands of sandhill cranes make Barren River Lake a stop on their journey back home. Join Barren River Lake State Resort Park during its Nature Watch Weekends to get up close to these beautiful cranes as they migrate through the area.
The weekends, Jan. 20-21 and Feb. 17-18, 2012, will consist of educational sessions conducted by Wayne Tamminga, a wildlife biologist with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, on Friday evenings at 7 p.m. CST.
Participants can register for one of two trips. The morning sunrise trip takes guests to the roosting site before sunrise to experience the beauty of the cranes leaving the roost as they journey to nearby cornfields to spend the day. The sunset trip begins by viewing the birds in the cornfields and ends at the roosting site so you may view the magnificence of thousands of cranes circling overhead as they get ready to settle down for the night. Each of these trips will be led by naturalists from the Kentucky Department of Parks.
Registration is $30 per person and includes the evening session, a sunrise or sunset field trip, boxed meal, and a T-shirt. Registration forms are available online at http://parks.ky.gov/calendar/details/nature-watch-weekend–sandhill-cranes/16254/ or by contacting Jamie Avery at 1-800-325-0057.
Please note that the dates selected are based on historical records under normal weather conditions in January and at the end of February, and past trends of the cranes’ arrival in this area. Please be aware that this narrow window of opportunity can vary by several days based on weather and the cranes’ migration schedule.
Barren River Lake State Resort Park, near Glasgow, has a lodge, cottages, Driftwood Restaurant (amazing catfish!), golf course, fitness center, gift shop, fishing, picnic areas and hiking trails. The resort is located 44 miles southeast of Bowling Green and 15 miles south of Glasgow. Take I-65 to the Cumberland Parkway east, to US 31E south.