Green River Ferry Road
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by NPS | |
| Length: | 5.63 mi[1] (9.06 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: | Mammoth Cave Parkway at the Mammoth Cave Campground |
| Maple Springs Loop | |
| North end: |
 KY 1352 at the northern boundary of Mammoth Cave NP |
| Highway system | |
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National Park Service 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.
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, 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. That ferry recently became the only operational ferry in all of Edmonson County after Houchin's Ferry went out of service in October 2013.[3]
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.[4] 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.[4][5]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Edmonson County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Mammoth Cave | 0.000 | 0.000 |    Mammoth Cave Parkway to KY 70 / KY 255 / I-65 – Visitor's Center, Mammoth Cave Campground, Cave City, Park CityMaintenance Road (to Ranger's Station) | Southern terminus | |
| Joppa Ridge Road west | Old KY 70; one-way road [1] | ||||
| Green River |  Green River Ferry | ||||
| Mammoth Cave | Maple Springs Loop | Accesses Maple Springs Research Center and Good Spring Church | |||
| Stockholm | 5.63 | 9.06 | Ugly 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 2 3 Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1987). Edmonson County (PDF) (Map). Retrieved December 13, 2015. Editor's note: Local road list and mileage log included.
- ↑ Mammoth Cave National Park. Visitor's Center Area Map (PDF) (Map). National Park Service.
- ↑ "Houchin's Ferry". Bridgehunter.com.
- 1 2 Mammoth Cave National Park. Park Map (PDF) (Map). National Park Service.
- ↑ DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (4th ed.). Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. p. 65.