Knott County offers a 100+ mile trail system at their Mine Made Paradise Park that has been recognized by ATV Illustrated and ATV Magazine as one of the top riding areas in the country. Trails are well marked and open to the public year-round with no access fee. Click here for more information.
For a map of the OHV trails and other trails in Knott County - click here.
ATV Trails opened in 2010 to raving reviews!
Click here to download a PDF version of the Mine Made Paradise Park Newsletter.
Kawasaki brought in two huge rigs all the way from California to give top off-road publicists a chance to check out some of the new models and to provide an opportunity to preview some of the off-road motorized trails being developed in Knott County. This was a week long media blitz for writers and riders. Media sources are flying in all week from Ohio, Georgia, Oregon, Maryland, Nevada, Michigan, New York, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, North Carolina and California just to check out our trails! Click here for press releases.
Corporate sponsors have included Toyota, can-am, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Kenda Tire. Yamaha and can-am provided demo rides all weekend long which allowed people an opportunity to try out different bikes. Toyota had four trucks on display. Destination Polaris arrived on Saturday and filmed a segment for their television show. Local sponsors on-site included Pikeville RV, YPK Motorsports from Jackson KY and Andy’s Cycle out of Hazard.
In October of 2010, ATV Magazine held the 2011 ATV Trials at the Mine Made Park. Tom Kaiser of ATV Magazine said, "It's a fantastic riding area that will open to the public in the Spring of 2011, and we loved the mountainous trails which were a great venue for testing the latest crop of quads from the 2011 model year."Click herefor article and photos by Wayne Davis.
For more information about ATV, OHV and dirt bike clubs in and around Kentucky, click here. Click here to watch videos about Knott County.
KNOTT COUNTY ATV SAFETY TRAINING CENTER
The Knott County ATV Safety Training Center for ATV's and dirt bikes
opened Spring 2007. Click here to find out more about the Center.
It is one of the only five training centers in the United States
It is the only center that includes a training center, a skills test course, as well as beginner, intermediate and challenge trails accessible right from the training center.
In 2010, street bike certification was added.
Enroll in a class by calling
(606) 233-0080 today.
Directions to the ATV Safety Training Center and access to hundreds of miles of trails: Take Hwy 80 to Hwy 1098 north 2 miles turning left onto Elk View Road, then right on Sutton Memorial Drive at Mine Made Paradise Park.
