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{{Short description|State park in Kentucky, United States}}
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{{Infobox park
| name = General Butler State Resort Park
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| photo_alt = Lake
| type = [[List of Kentucky state parks|Kentucky state park]]
| location = [[Carroll County, Kentucky]], United States
| map = Kentucky#USA
| map_caption = Location in Kentucky##Location in United States
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| coordinates = {{coord|38|40|14|N|85|09|15|W|display=inline,title}}
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| area = {{convert|791|acre}}<ref name=atlas/>
| elevation = {{convert|705|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| established = 1931<ref name=history />
| administrator = Kentucky Department of Parks
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'''General Butler State Resort Park''' is a public recreation area adjoining the city of [[Carrollton, Kentucky|Carrollton]] in [[Carroll County, Kentucky]], United States. The [[state park]] is named for General [[William Orlando Butler|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==
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<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>
}}

==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]]

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