Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail

Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail
Length	120 mi (193 km)
Location	Eastern Kentucky, United States
Trailheads	Breaks Interstate Park, Kentucky Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Kentucky
Use	Hiking
Hiking details
Trail difficulty	Moderate to Difficult
Sights	Cumberland Plateau
Hazards	Severe weather American black bear Tick-borne diseases Mosquitos Biting flies Chiggers Steep grades Limited water Diarrhea from water Poison ivy Venomous snakes

Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail is a 120 mi (193 km) trail under development in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Once completed, the trail will wind along Pine Mountain Ridge from the Breaks Interstate Park to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The park itself will cover a 1,000 acres (4.0 km²) band along Pine Mountain.^[1]

As of May 2014, the trail is completed from the Breaks Interstate Park to Kingdom Come State Park.^[2]

Trail sections

The following chart lists the completed trail sections as of May 2014:

Trail Section	Length	Shelters	Start to Finish
Birch Knob	28 mi (45 km)	one	Breaks Interstate Park to U.S. 23
Highland Section	16 mi (26 km)	two	U.S. 23 to U.S. 119

Birch Knob Shelter on the Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail

The falls via a spur trail of the Pine Mountain Trail near the Birch Knob shelter

Foot traffic only between US 23 and US 119
Camping at designated sites only (There are a number of shelters along the trail - check for details on camping.)
No overnight camping permitted in state nature preserves.
No overnight parking at state nature preserves.
Trails have sign-in and sign-out stations that help identify who is and has been on the mountain in the event of an emergency.

↑ Susan Reigler, Pam Spaulding (2009). "Eastern Kentucky Parks". The Complete Guide to Kentucky State Parks. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-9208-0.
↑ Pine Mountain Trail Conference Retrieved on 2009-12-28

National Parks	Mammoth Cave

National Historical Parks	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Cumberland Gap

NPS National Recreation Areas	Big South Fork

National Military Park	Fort Donelson National Battlefield

National Forests	Daniel Boone George Washington and Jefferson

USFS National Recreation Areas	Land Between the Lakes

National Wildlife Refuges	Clarks River Ohio River Islands Reelfoot

State Resort Parks	Barren River Lake Buckhorn Lake Blue Licks Battlefield Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dale Hollow Lake General Butler Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kenlake Kentucky Dam Village Lake Barkley Lake Cumberland Natural Bridge Pennyrile Forest Pine Mountain Rough River Dam

State Historic Sites	Big Bone Lick Boone Station Butler-Turpin House Dr. Thomas Walker Isaac Shelby Cemetery Jefferson Davis Old Mulkey Meetinghouse Perryville Battlefield Waveland White Hall Wickliffe Mounds William Whitley House

State Recreation Parks	Carr Creek Columbus-Belmont Dawkins Line Rail Trail E. P. "Tom" Sawyer Fishtrap Lake Fort Boonesborough General Burnside Grayson Lake Green River Lake John James Audubon Kincaid Lake Kingdom Come Lake Malone Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Lincoln Homestead Mineral Mound My Old Kentucky Home Nolin Lake Old Fort Harrod Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Trail Taylorsville Lake Yatesville Lake

State Forests	Dewey Lake Kentenia Kentucky Ridge Knobs Olympia Pennyrile Tygarts

State Nature Preserves	Axe Lake Swamp Bad Branch Falls Brigadoon Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns Beargrass Creek Blackacre Blue Licks Jesse Stuart JJ Audubon Natural Bridge Six Mile Island Tom Dorman

Other	Breaks Interstate Park Kentucky Horse Park

Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission

Parks

State	Buckhorn Lake Carr Creek Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dawkins Line Rail Trail Dr. Thomas Walker Fishtrap Lake Grayson Lake Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kingdom Come Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Natural Bridge Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Pine Mountain Trail Yatesville Lake

Federal	Big South Fork Cumberland Gap

Interstate	Breaks Interstate

Museums

Forests

Reservoirs

Natural features

Miscellaneous

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