Cherokee State Park (located within Kenlake State Resort Park)

Cherokee State Park, established in 1951 in Kentucky, was the first Blacks-only state park in the Southern U.S. and the third in the nation. Spanning 300 acres, it offered a beach, cottages, dining hall, and recreational facilities, drawing visitors from surrounding states. Celebrated as "the finest colored vacation site in the South," it closed after desegregation in the 1960s. Now part of Kenlake State Resort Park, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.