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Big Bone Lick is a 512 acre state park in Boone County, Kentucky, USA. Big Bone Lick is recognized as the birthplace of American vertebrate paleontology. The U.S. Secretary of the Interior has recognized Big Bone Lick as a National Natural Landmark.
Big Bone Lick is significant for its combination of salt springs and late Pleistocene bone beds. Ancient creatures like the mammoth, mastodon, ground sloth and bison once roamed here through mineral springs and swamps, now grassy plains covered with trees and shrubs.
The park features several nature trails, including the Outdoor Museum with Discovery Trail that includes a boardwalk around a marsh bog diorama with recreations of a woolly mammoth and other scavengers feeding on carcasses and skeletal remains. The Discovery Trail winds through several habitats, including grassland, wetland and savanna, and is accessible to the physically-challenged. A small bison herd is also maintained on-site.
Big-Bone-Lick.com is a fan blog about Big Bone Lick State Park in Boone County, Kentucky. This blog is written by Timm Martin and published by Tiwebb Ltd., which is not affiliated with Kentucky State Parks.