Olympia State Forest is a former
state forest
A state forest or national forest is a forest that is administered or protected by some agency of a sovereign or federated state, or territory.
Background
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located in
Bath County,
Kentucky
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,
United States
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and covering 780 acres. It was located west of
Morehead,
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
. The forest has an average elevation of 892 feet (272 m).
References
{{Kentucky Parks
Kentucky state forests
Protected areas of Bath County, Kentucky
Protected areas established in 1930
1930 establishments in Kentucky