RiverPark in downtown Owensboro offers one of the state’s most spectacular Christmas presentations. It features an outdoor skating rink overlooking the Ohio River. A giant 20 x 40 foot inflatable screen allows visitors to watch some of the favorite holiday movies. A snow-making machine adds to the reality of it all, especially when the children have a chance to build a real...
Swim for exercise, swim for your health, but most of all, swim for fun! It's the number one reason given when choosing a hotel/motel. The Paducah Swim Team believes the sport of swimming can make a profound and lasting difference in the lives of its participants. A positive, competitive swimming program promotes life skills such as self-discipline, goal setting, perseverance...
Kingsway Skateland provides a fun, competitive, well-supervised roller hockey experience! Guys and girls (ages 5 & up) who desire to play, can, regardless of ability. Bring in your old equipment to sell or trade. New hockey players can always use some used equipment to get started. All players will receive instruction in hockey fundamentals and advanced skills. Various...
Players Bluegrass Downs is a horse track in Paducah, Kentucky featuring harness and quarter horse racing. It opened in 1998 with a grand stand capacity of 2,950. The track is is simulcasting horse racing events. Enjoy simulcast thoroughbred & harness racing and inter-track wagering from Kentucky tracks and major racing centers around the United States. Simulcasting year...
The Master Gardeners invite you to visit the new Demonstration and Trial Garden located at 3600 Coleman Road. It features an herb garden, U.K. trial beds, sunflower garden, shrub and perennial borders and a working greenhouse and pergola.
A 2.5 acre plot leased from McCracken County is the centerpiece of PAMGA's educational efforts. With greenhouses, a small orchard and space...
Paddy's bluff Retreat
More than 650 acres of off-roading on the banks of the Cumberland river. Jeeps, 4-wheelers, dirt bikes.
sandwiches, drinks & ice were available. All levels of endurance trails suitable for the experienced to just family riding. Signed liability waiver is required by all riders-under 18 yrs. parent or guardian signed liability waiver and adult...
This preserve contains the 50-acre Metropolis Lake, , an oxbow lake that’s largely cypress swamp, 123 acres of pristine land and showcases regional plants and animals in McCracken county. . It’s the centerpiece of a state nature preserve. One of only a few natural lakes in the Ohio River floodplain. The area was acquired with the assistance of The Nature Conservancy. The lake...
This is a 116 acre municipal park offering picnic areas, playgrounds, 6 lighted tennis courts, olympic size outdoor pool, 4 full-length basketball courts, and baseball fields. The log cabin was reconstructed to its original state by Mr. Fike, father of Carl Fike, who was a park employee for 35 years or more. The Noble Park Swimming Pool was opened to everyone, regardless of...
Located on Joe Clifton Drive at 28th & Madison. The covered grandstand seats 3300 people. Stage size 30 ft. x 30 ft. Adequate 3 phase electrical stage is lighted. The covered grandstand seats 3300 people. Come to Carson Park in downtown Paducah and see the rollover simulator Fri/Sat/Sun at the Steam Engine Show and Tractor Pull.
This and Flora Hall is available to rent....
Camping out-of-doors will offer the beauty of rolling hills, wildlife, and the changing of the seasons as only Mother Nature can offer in our forest.
Campgrounds In Paducah, Kentucky
Fern Lake Campground ( 60 sites)
5535 Cairo Rd. Exit 3 off I-24
Water, sewer, and dump station. 30 & 50 amp, paved & gravel interior roads, some shade, 30 pull-throughs, bath house and...
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge
One of over 536 national wildlife refuges, and Kentucky's only national wildlife refuge. The refuge is designated to cover 18,000 acres of the Clarks River basin in Graves, Marshall and McCracken cunties. The refuge lies along the East Fork of the Clarks River and is seasonal home to over 250 different species of migratory birds. The...
Golf Outings
Get in the swing and enjoy some of the most challenging golf you will find anywhere. Choose from 9-hole courses all the way up to 18 holes-all within a short drive.
The Kentucky Golf Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization which was formed in 2002 by leaders from the Kentucky Golf Association and Kentucky Section PGA. Among its purposes is promoting...
Fishing at its best
Fish for largemouth, smallmouth & white bass, crappie, catfish, bluegill and sauger. Fish the four Rivers - Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland & Mississippi - the foot of Broadway downtown Paducah, Kentucky or Barkley Lake. Kentucky Game & Fish brings you state fishing coverage of bass. A fisherman's dream. Experience the solitude of life on the river...
The Paducah Sports Facility Guide provides an overview of our venues. For more information on how Paducah can meet your event’s specific needs, please contact us at the Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Cardinal Lane
McCracken County Community Career Endowment, Inc. presents Bowling with the Endowment Stars at Cardinal Lanes Strike & Spare having bowling lanes, restaurant...
Keep fit and in shape while getting close to nature and experiencing the beauty of the outdoors. Paducah has great places to bike! Madison, Monroe, and Jefferson Streets are wide enough for biking, with slow posted speed limits, and features adjacent sidewalks for very little ones. On Madison or Monroe, riders can pedal from 28th Street to the river without encountering much...
