Event

Blue Heron Ghost Train Festival

Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area

Fee:

Free. Free to the public

Location: LAT/LONG: 37.000000, -85.000000


Blue Heron Outdoor Museum

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Time:

8:00 PM

Duration:

1 hour

Type of Event

Festival

Program time reflects eastern time zone.

Description

Mark this event on your calendars!  Join Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area to experience the twelfth annual Blue Heron Ghost Train.  Hear chilling tales spun fromt he hills and hollow of the Cumberland Plateau.  Experinece the beaurty of Kentucky, and the solitude of Blue Heron Mine-18 as you are entertained by five talented local storytellers.

Enjoy music, vendors, and beverages from JarFly Brewery starting at 5 pm ET.  Storytelling begins at 8:00 pm ET.

Gather the entire family for this special live annual event and help us celebrate this important tradition here on the Cumberland Plateau from the historical coal mning community of Blue Heron, Kentucky.

This event is free to the public and is worth 10 GO BIG Challenge points.

Reservation or Registration: No

Contact Information

Mary Grimm
423-569-9778
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Image Gallery

a storyteller and audience under a picnic shelter with stringed lights surrounded by darkness
a storyteller fascinates an audience
a black and white logo of a train with ghostly facial images above
a storyteller and audience under a picnic shelter with stringed lights surrounded by darkness
Blue Heron is a historical coal mining community from the early 1900's.
NPS Photo
a storyteller fascinates an audience
Storytelling is long lived tradition on the Cumberland Plateau
NPS Photo Courtesy of Greg Davis
a black and white logo of a train with ghostly facial images above
Blue Heron Ghost Train event has been an annual event in the Kentucky District of the park for twelve years.
NPS Photo