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Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area - Facilities Open Open All Year Phone 606-376-3787 Location Blue Heron Mining Community is located 9 miles west of Stearns, Kentucky, on Hwy 742. Exhibits Blue Heron, or Mine 18, is an abandoned coal mining town. It was a part of the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company"s past operation in what today is the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service. Most of what we know about life at Blue Heron, and the other Stearns coal towns, has been handed down by oral history. Blue Heron mine operated from 1937 until December, 1962, when it closed. During that time, hundreds of people lived and worked in the isolated community on the banks of the Big South Fork River. Their story is the focus of this interpretive tour of the Blue Heron Community. Available Facilities Restrooms and vending machines are on site. Food service is available during hours of operation of the Big South Fork Scenic Railway. Blue Heron Campground is located 3 miles east of Blue Heron Mining Community. VISITOR CENTERS Bandy Creek Open Open All Year 8 am - 4:00 pm Phone (423) 286-7275 Location Bandy Creek Visitor Center is located 2 miles off Hwy 297. The center is approximately 15 miles west of Oneida, Tennessee and 25 miles east of Jamestown, Tennessee. Closures Bandy Creek Visitor Center is closed Christmas Day. Special Programs Summer evening programs on Saturday night from Memorial Day through September. Special events throughout the year including Pioneer Encampments, Astronomy Programs and the "Haunting in the Hills" Storytelling Festival. Exhibits Exhibits located in the center serve to orient visitors to the park"s recreational opportunities as well as opportunities existing in neighboring counties. Available Facilities Eastern National maintains a bookstore in the Bandy Creek Visitor Center. Stearns Depot Open Open daily Memorial Day through October 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday the remainder of the year; closed Christmas Day. Phone (606) 376-5073 Location Located in downtown Stearns Kentucky, 1 1/2 mile west off Hwy 27 in the Big South Fork Scenic Railway Depot. Closures Open only on weekends from November through March. Calling ahead is suggested. Available Facilities Eastern National maintains a bookstore at the Stearns Visitor Center. |
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