Southern Lakes (Kentucky) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Southern Lakes (Kentucky)
The term "Southern Lakes" is used for tourism promotion, but generally not by locals. The traditional local name for most of the region isPennyrile, taken from the local pronunciation of "pennyroyal", a plant common in the area. The far east of the "Southern Lakes", depending on the speaker, may overlap with the state tourism region ofDaniel Boone Country, which in turn is part of the region locally known asEastern Kentuckyor theEastern Coalfield. "Pennyrile" still sees use, but in recent decades the termSouth Central Kentucky(which also includes most or all of theCaves and Lakesregion, depending on the speaker) has been increasingly used for this area.
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