Big Bone Lick State Park
Big Bone Lick State Park is located at Big Bone in Boone County, Kentucky. The name of the park comes from the Pleistocene megafauna fossils found there. Mammoths are believed to have been drawn to this location by a salt lick deposited around the sulfur springs. Other animals including forms of bison, caribou, deer, elk, horse, mastodon, moose, musk ox, peccary, ground sloths, wolves, black bears, stag moose, saber-toothed cats, and possibly tapir also grazed the vegetation and salty earth around the springs that the animals relied on for their diet.
| Big Bone Lick State Park | |
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Location in Kentucky Big Bone Lick State Park (the United States) | |
| Type | Kentucky state park |
| Location | Boone County, Kentucky |
| Nearest city | Union, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 38°53′13″N 84°44′52″W |
| Area | 525 acres (212 ha) |
| Elevation | 469 feet (143 m) |
| Created | 1960 |
| Operated by | Kentucky Department of Parks |
| Open | Year-round |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001585 |
| Added to NRHP | June 13, 1972 |
U.S. National Natural Landmark | |
| Designated | 2009 |
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