Mountain HomePlace — Attraction in Paintsville

Mountain homeplace is a recreated mod 1800's small farm that has a few animals; chickens, goats and a few horses. There is separate visitor center where you can get refreshments and a candy bar or ice cream and a clean public restroom. It's located at the beginning of the awesome Kiwanis club hiking trail. Some of the buildings on the farm are buildings that were used in the area at the turn of the century and have been disassembled and relocated to this site. The hiking trail makes a 1 mile loop (easy), a mile and 3/4 loop or an adventuresome climb across the top of the mountain where the army corps of engineer office is located which connects back to trail number one ( moderate).There is also a 6.2 Mile trail (one way) known as the Adena trail that is difficult but not well marked. You can meander through the woods or walk beside the lake it's all available on this trail. As an avid hiker I would rate this trail a 10 easy hike and it's the most scenic trail within 100 miles. As for a local history presentation I would rate it about at 7 they have not presented the artifacts to their best advantage. There is also a Marina and a campground adjacent to the mountain homeplace. the campground is within view of the most beautiful lake in Eastern Kentucky, Paintsville Lake. It's easy to get to just a couple miles off of interstate 23 from the town of...

We got there at 3:50, and upon entering the park we immediately noticed posted signs at a gate stating “gate will be locked at 4:00”, I was worried despite their website stating they were open until 5 pm I may get locked in, but I hurriedly drove in and up to the front desk, where I spoke with a lady at the desk, who was very confusing, telling us the signs were wrong, that they don’t close the gates at 4:00 but at 5:00 and that they were still open. However she followed that up with but the last tour had already left and she stated that no one was able to even look around without a tour guide, so basically don’t believe what you read online or on their posted...

Could be something really cool to visit. On my trip, the tour, the guide was very friendly and knowledge. No problems there, but the state of the building, and the animals needs addressed. The chickens and other animals were in need of vet care. Which the guide explained most of the staff that done that had left and no replacement crew was hired. Since of the buildings just need overall maintenance, roof repair etc. Just sad to see something like that literally rot away. Hopefully they'll get funding or some outside help. It was clearly...