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General Burnside Island State Park is a park located just south of
Somerset, Kentucky Somerset is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,924. History Somerset was first settled in 1798 by Thomas Hansford and received its name from ...
in Pulaski County. The park encompasses in the middle of
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, making it
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's only island park. The park is named for General Ambrose E. Burnside, a Union general during the
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who stationed his troops at the location that the park now occupies.


Activities and amenities

Referred to locally as Burnside Island, the state park offers camping, golf, and lake access via boat ramp on the south end of the island. The golf course was voted first place as the ''
Commonwealth Journal The ''Commonwealth Journal'' is a six-day (Monday through Saturday) morning daily newspaper based in Somerset, Kentucky, and covering Pulaski County. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. The editorial staff are listed; Jeff Neal, e ...
'' Readers Choice Award for "Best Places to Play Golf" in 2009. The following year, it placed second. Although elected officials have spoken of upgrades to the park, including the construction of a state lodge and improvements to the golf course, a spokesperson in 2010 said the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet has no plans for a lodge "right now."


References

{{authority control State parks of Kentucky Protected areas of Pulaski County, Kentucky