{{Short description|State park in Kentucky, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox park | name = General Butler State Resort Park | image = Gen butler-1-2 (37602610672).jpg | image_caption = | image_size = 280 | image_alt = Lake | type = Kentucky state park | location = Carroll County, Kentucky, United States | map = Kentucky#USA | map_caption = Location in Kentucky##Location in United States | map_size = 280 | relief = 1 | coordinates = {{coord|38|40|14|N|85|09|15|W|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = | area = {{convert|791|acre}}<ref name=atlas/> | elevation = {{convert|705|ft|m|abbr=on}} | established = 1931<ref name=history /> | administrator = Kentucky Department of Parks | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | website = {{Official website}} | module = }}
'''General Butler State Resort Park''' is a public recreation area adjoining the city of Carrollton in Carroll County, Kentucky, United States. The state park is named for General William O. Butler, a soldier in both the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War.<ref name=history/><ref name=kye>{{cite book |editor=Kleber, John E. |others=Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter |title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia |year=1992 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington, Kentucky |isbn=0-8131-1772-0 |chapter=Parks, State}}</ref> The {{convert|791|acre|adj=on}} park features a lodge, cabins and campground, fishing and canoeing on Butler Lake, trails for hiking and mountain biking.<ref name=parks/>
==Butler-Turpin State Historic House== The Butler-Turpin State Historic House, also known as the Butler House, is located in the park and is open for guided tours as a historic house museum. The home was built in 1859 in the Greek Revival style.<ref>{{cite book |title=Along the Ohio River: Cincinnati to Louisville |series=Postcard History Series |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |date=2006 |author=Schrage, Robert |author2=Clare, Donald |pages=48 |isbn=978-0738543086}}</ref><ref name=house/> It contains original furniture and original documents and other family objects. The grounds and family cemetery are also open.
==Activities and amenities== * Accommodations: The park has a 53-room lodge with swimming pool, cottages, and a 111-site campground. * Trails: More than five miles of trails are offered for hiking and mountain biking. * Fishing and paddle-boating are available on 30-acre Butler Lake. * Ski area: The park formerly hosted a ski area, Ski Butler!, which opened in 1981 and closed during the winter of 1997–98.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1998/07/08/loc_kycarroll08.html |title=Ski area becomes Ky. rec facility |first=Gregory A. |last=Hall |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=July 8, 1998 |access-date=September 26, 2013}}</ref>
==References== <references> <ref name=parks>{{cite web |url=https://parks.ky.gov/explore/general-butler-state-resort-park-7789 |title=General Butler State Resort Park |publisher=Kentucky State Parks |access-date=March 10, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name=atlas>{{cite web|url=https://www.kyatlas.com/ky-sp-bt.html |title=General Butler State Resort Park |publisher=Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer |date=2025 |access-date=March 10, 2025}}</ref>
<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.ky.gov/parks/resortparks/general-butler/history.aspx |title=General Butler History |publisher=Kentucky Department of Parks |access-date=September 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407152021/http://parks.ky.gov/parks/resortparks/general-butler/history.aspx |archive-date=2015-04-07}}</ref>
<ref name=house>{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.ky.gov/parks/historicsites/butler-turpin/default.aspx |title=Butler-Turpin State Historic House |publisher=Kentucky Department of Parks |access-date=March 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319161821/http://www.parks.ky.gov/parks/historicsites/butler-turpin/default.aspx |archive-date=2014-03-19}}</ref> </references>
==External links== *[https://parks.ky.gov/explore/general-butler-state-resort-park-7789 General Butler State Resort Park] Kentucky State Parks *[https://kentucky.simpleviewcrm.com/sched/getfilebykey.cfm?filekey=dcf0201a-7982-4408-aca7-362af845e9ea General Butler State Resort Park Map] Kentucky State Parks
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Category:State parks of Kentucky Category:Protected areas of Carroll County, Kentucky Category:1931 establishments in Kentucky Category:Protected areas established in 1931 Category:Parks established in the 1930s