Today's Picture of the Day is the Big Bone Lick State Park. The Big Bone Lick State Park is a Boone County treasure located just a few miles away from Florence. The park is located on a site where mammoths, mastadons, ground sloths and bison once lived. The park is known as the Birthplace of American Verterbrate Paleontology. The park has a herd of of bison that live on the park grounds, giving visitors a look at the area's natural residents from the past. The area was also visited by the famous Lewis and Clark in 1803.
The park features a campground, fishing lake, hiking trails, playgrounds, museum and discovery trail, tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts. You can find more information about Big Bone Lick State Park here and here.
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Visitors to Big Bone Lick State Park can enjoy more information about the park and its events at big-bone-lick.com.
Posted by: Mammoth | 05/26/2009 at 10:09 AM