Final Environmental Impact Statement Daniel Boone National Forest Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Daniel Boone National Forest Resource Programs RECREATION Affected Environment Introduction Daniel Boone National Forest Market Area The Daniel Boone National Forest is characterized by an outstanding variety of land features such as artificial lakes, mountains, rivers and streams, arches, cliffs, caves, a wide variety of vegetative types, and outstanding scenery that enhances and supports heavy recreational use. Because of its location along major roads such as Interstate 75, Interstate 64, the Cumberland Parkway, and the Daniel Boone Parkway, the Forest is readily accessible to people in Tennessee, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, and Illinois. The recreation market has two segments: • Local users in close proximity to the Forest. Most of these are from a predominantly rural or small town environment. In some cases local users include people from larger cities such as Lexington, Covington, and Ashland, Kentucky. • Users from surrounding, more highly populated, areas less than one-half day’s travel or one tank of gasoline away. This user segment stretches east to Charleston, West Virginia, south to Knoxville, Tennessee, north to Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, and west to Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee. Within the Daniel Boone National Forest market area the following recreation areas compete for recreation visitors: National Areas: Big South Fork River and Recreation Area, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, and Mammoth Cave National Park. Large Lakes: Cave Run Lake, Laurel River Lake, Cumberland Lake, Dale Hollow Lake, Herrington Lake, Green River Lake, Grayson Lake, Dewey Lake, Buckhorn Lake, Fishtrap Lake, Kincaid Lake, and Paintsville Lake in Kentucky; Douglas Lake, Cherokee Lake, and Norris Lake, in Tennessee; Caesar Creek Lake, East Fork Lake, Rocky Fork Lake, and Paint Creek Lake in Ohio; Beach Fork Lake and E.
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