Green River Ferry Road

Green River Ferry Road is a park-maintained roadway located inside Mammoth Cave National Park in Edmonson County, Kentucky. The road is 5.63 miles (9.06 km) long. The name of the road was given due to the traversal of the Green River, connecting the Visitor's Center area to the Nolin Lake recreational areas.

Green River Ferry Road
Route information
Maintained by NPS
Length5.63 mi[1] (9.06 km)
Major junctions
South endMammoth Cave Parkway at the Mammoth Cave Campground
 Maple Springs Loop
North end KY 1352 at the northern boundary of Mammoth Cave NP
Highway system
National Park Service Road
Green River Ferry Road

Route description

The road begins at an intersection with the Mammoth Cave Parkway just south of the park's visitor center near the campground, and immediately crosses the Mammoth Cave Railroad Bike and Hike Trail, a rail trail which marks the original railroad that went from the park's visitors center to Park City.[2] The road goes to a point along the Green River, and crosses it via the Green River Ferry[3]. That ferry recently became the only operational ferry in all of Edmonson County after the Bear Creek and Houchin's Ferries went out of service in the late 1960s and October 2013, respectively.[4]

After crossing the ferry the road traverses the north-central portions of the park, including passing sites such as the Maple Springs Research Center and the trailheads of the Big Hollow and Maple Springs Trails. The majority of the park's hiking trails are accessed via Green River Ferry and Maple Springs roads.[5][6] Green River Ferry Road ends at the park's northern boundary. Beyond this point, the road becomes Stockholm Road with the state highway designation, Kentucky Route 1352 (KY 1352), which connects the area with KY 1827 at the community of Stockholm.[6][7][8]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Edmonson County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Mammoth Cave0.0000.000 Mammoth Cave Parkway to KY 70 / KY 255 / I-65 – Visitor's Center, Mammoth Cave Campground, Cave City, Park City
Maintenance Road (to Ranger's Station)		Southern terminus
0.8001.287Joppa Ridge Road westOld KY 70; one-way road [1]
Green River1.3002.092 Green River Ferry
Mammoth Cave3.6005.794Maple Springs LoopAccesses Maple Springs Research Center and Good Spring Church
Stockholm5.6309.061Ugly Creek Road
KY 1352 north (Stockholm Road) to KY 1827		Northern terminus at Mammoth Cave NP boundary; continues as KY 1352
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1987). Edmonson County (PDF) (Map). Retrieved December 13, 2015. Editor's note: Local road list and mileage log included.
  2. Mammoth Cave National Park. Visitor's Center Area Map (PDF) (Map). National Park Service.
  3. Green River Ferry
  4. "Houchin's Ferry". Bridgehunter.com.
  5. Mayor, Jeffery P (August 14, 2015). "Mammoth Cave filled with geologic wonders". Tacoma, WA: The News Tribune. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  6. Mammoth Cave National Park. Park Map (PDF) (Map). National Park Service.
  7. DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (4th ed.). Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. p. 65.
  8. Rand McNally (2016). "Kentucky" (Map). The Road Atlas (2016 Walmart ed.). 1 in≈30 mi. Chicago: Rand McNally. p. 43. Mammoth Cave National Park inset. §§ M20. ISBN 0-528-00626-6.

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