Area Attractions and Self-guided Opportunities
There are many area attractions
in Frankfort,
Kentucky and surrounding
area. In Frankfort you will find: The Kentucky History Center, Liberty Hall (1796)
Historic Site, The Orlando Brown House (1835), Old State Capitol and History Museum, Frank
Lloyd Wright's Zeigler-Brockman House, Kentucky State Capitol, Kentucky Military History
Museum, Daniel Boone's Grave at Frankfort Cemetery, Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial,
The Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources Salato Wildlife
Education Center & Game Farm, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Rebecca-Ruth Candy Inc.
world famous as the "Originators of Bourbon Candy," and many other
attractions. In the surrounding area you will find:
Kentucky
Horse
Park in
Lexington, Abraham Lincoln
Birth Place National Historic Site near
Elizabethtown,
Kentucky,
Shakertown,
Kentucky, Natural Bridge State Park Resort, and many other sites of
interest. The Capital Plaza Hotel (http://www.capitalplazaky.com)
is close to campus and can be contacted at 502-227-5100. Information on other
Frankfort accommodations is available at
http://www.visitfrankfort.com. For further information, contact Dr. Kirk Pomper at
kirk.pomper@kysu.edu or telephone # 502-597-6174.
Visit wild pawpaw patches in parks in Frankfort, Kentucky:
Photos below of a large pawpaw patch on end
of trail near the spring at Cove Spring Park, Frankfort, KY.

Photos below of pawpaw patches on the Pea
Ridge trail at the Salato Wildlife Education Center & Game Farm in Frankfort,
KY.

Photos by Kirk Pomper, 2007.