Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail

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Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail
Length	120 mi (190 km)
Location	Eastern Kentucky, United States
Trailheads	Breaks Interstate Park, Kentucky Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Kentucky
Use	Hiking
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 km) band along Pine Mountain. The trail will connect Bad Branch State Nature Preserve and many other natural areas owned by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves.

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

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

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
National River	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
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Red River
National Wildlife Refuges	Clarks River Green River Ohio River Islands Reelfoot

State Resort Parks	Barren River Lake Blue Licks Battlefield Buckhorn Lake 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 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 Island 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 Green River Kentenia Kentucky Ridge Knobs Olympia Pennyrile Tygarts
State Nature Preserves	Axe Lake Swamp Bad Branch Falls Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns Beargrass Creek Blackacre Blue Licks Brigadoon Jesse Stuart JJ Audubon Natural Bridge Six Mile Island Tom Dorman
Other	Breaks Interstate Park Kentucky Horse Park

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

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Forests

Reservoirs

Natural features

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