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BGGreen Directory - Sports & Recreation


Bicycle Bowling Green  *GREEN PARTNER*
Contact: Sara Shipley Hiles, Director
903 Meadowlark, BG 42103
(270) 783-7510
Email:  BIKEBG@gmail.com
Web:  www.bgky.org/bike/index.php  
 
City program to create a bicycle friendly community, through bike summit, education for drivers and bikers, laws and ordinances. Cyclists have the same legal right as motorists to use the roads (except limited access roads).


Bowling Green League of Bicyclists 
Email: webmaster@bglob.com  
Web: www.bglob.com  

“Some ride for speed, some for endurance, some for the scenery, some for all of the above.” Every M-Th during Daylight Savings Time, rides leave from Basil Griffin Park starting at 5:30p CST.  Weekend rides are posted to listserv.  Sign up online.


Bowling Green Road Runners
2577 Hammett Hill Rd., BG  42101-8244
Email:  info@bgrr.com   
Web:  www.bgrr.com

Membership organization which organizes fun runs, encourages local and out of town competitive road racing, and sponsors competitive races and walks. Activities are organized to promote physical fitness, fun, fellowship, running, and walking in the BG area.


Kentucky Down Under & Kentucky Caverns
PO Box 189, 3700 L&N Turnpike Road
Horse Cave 42749-0189
(270) 786-2634 or (800) 762-2869
Email:  info@kdu.com
Web:  www.kdu.com/
 
Interactive educational Australian theme animal park and cave, Kentucky Caverns. Participate in hands-on activities including contact with Australian animals. Learn about aboriginal culture, watch sheep herding and shearing demonstrations, mine for gemstones.

Lost River Cave and Valley

Mammoth Cave National Park
P.O. Box 7, Cave City, KY 42259
Web:  www.nps.gov/maca/siteindex.htm /
Hours:  8:45a-5:15p CT daily; closed Dec. 25
For reservations: By phone call (877)444-6777 TDD (hearing impaired): (877)833-6777 or make online at: www.recreation.gov /hours 8AM-615PM

The world’s longest cave system and a vast World Heritage Site. The Park offers cave tours, nature programs, camping, surface hikes, canoeing on the Green River, horseback riding, bicycling, more.

For reservations: By Phone: Online at: www.recreation.gov /hours 8AM-615PM


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District
600 Dr. Martin Luther King Pl. [PO Box 59, 40201]
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 315-6766
Web:  www.lrl.usace.army.mil/


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District
PO Box 1070, Nashville, TN 37202-1070
(615) 736-7161
Web:  www.lrn.usace.army.mil/


OUTDOOR EQUIPTMENT AND APPAREL

Camping World of Bowling Green
725 Bluegrass Farms Rd.. BG 42104
(270) 781-5366   Toll-free (800) 635-3196
Web:  www.campingworld.com/


Dunham's Sports
Greenwood Mall
2625 Scottsville Rd.,  BG 42104
(270) 901-1825
Web:  www.dunhamssports.com/ 

Su 11a-6p, M-F 10a-9p, Sa 9a-9p


Gander Mountain Bowling Green, #391
725 Bluegrass Farms Blvd., Suite 1, BG 42104
(270) 842-0855
Web:  www.gandermountain.com/
Hours: M-Sa 9a-9p. Su 10a-6p

Complete line of sporting goods and apparel.  Gander Mountain makes space in their lodge available to any organization dealing with outdoor recreation or the environment free of charge.


Howard’s Cycling and Fitness, LLP
604 Park St., BG, 42101
(270) 782-7877
Hours:  M-F 8a-6p, Sat. 9a-5p, Sun. 12-4p
 
Southern Kentucky’s largest selection of bikes; service on all makes and models.


Nat’s Outdoor Sports *GREEN PARTNER*
1121 Wilkinson Trace (Hartland), BG KY 42103
(270) 842-6211
Hours: Open 7 days: M-Sa 9:30a-8p; Sun. Noon-5p
Email: info@natsoutdoor.com
Web:  www.natsoutdoor.com
 
Extensive selection of outdoor equipment and complete bicycle shop. Sportswear, tents, canoes, hiking boots, running shoes, skiing equipment, etc.  Sponsors Christmas bike drive for kids