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Rolling Hills Golf Course
18 holes.
1600 Pine Drive
Russellville, KY 42276
Phone: 270-726-8700
Fax: 270-726-1044
 Lake Malone
US 431, 18 miles North of Russellville. 826 acres.
State developed lake in Logan, Muhlenberg, & Todd Counties. Built in 1961. Fishing (largemouth bass), camping, swimming, docks, ramps, boat rental. 150 hp. limit on boat motors. Beautiful lake with varied shoreline, cliffs rise to 200 ft. at some points. KY Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources.
Shady Cliff Resort & Marina
530 Lake Malone Road
Lewisburg, KY 42256
270-657-9580
Includes restaurant and lodge.
Logan County Glade State Nature Preserve
off US 68/KY 80. 41 acres with limestone glades occupying the SW facing midslope of an 810 ft. knob. The steep rocky slope is dominated by prairie grasses such as bluestem & sideoats grama. Rare plants include Carolina Larkspur, Glade violet & Fame flower. Self-guided tours.
Briggs Lake
US 79, 2 miles North of Russellville
18 acres. Opened 1950. Fishing (largemouth bass, bluegill, red ear sunfish, channel catfish, black crappie). Boat ramp. Electric motors only. KY Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources.
 Old Southern Deposit Bank
6th & Main Streets. Built c. 1810. Scene of the first documented robbery by Jesse James' gang in 1868.
 Logan County Archives Building
(Old Logan Co. Jail, 1874-1977)
278 West 4th Street, Russellville
270-726-8179
Russellville, KY
This building replaced an old jail three blocks east which burned. To finance construction of new jail, a property tax was passed, 1869. By December 1874, jail operated on this site. Jail restored, 1979-1980. County records stored here by order of Fiscal Court. Logan County Genealogical Society designated to clean and file records.
Presented by Rena Milliken.
The Washington Trail, East to South in Logan County, Ky.
Logan County, Kentucky is home to several cousins of the first President of the United States, George Washington. They came to this area at the beginning of the 1800s. Some came to survey and probably to live a more prosperous life like, their other cousin in nearby Robertson County, Tennessee. In Logan County, Warner Washington's grandson, John Whiting Washington, his wife Frances Baylor Washington and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baylor bought farm land in South Logan and built "Flint Ridge," located just off US 431S. John also bought city lots in Russellville around 1804. In 1805 John began building his town home on the corner of 9th and Armstrong, St., on US 79 in Russellville, Ky. and is referred to as the "Washington-Clark House." Catherine Washington's son, Gabriel Lewis moved into Kentucky in the 1790's to survey land grants for the Washington's, then from Warren Co. to Logan County in 1811. His home is between Auburn and Russellville on US 68/80 is known as "Elmwood". Two of Warner Washington sons, William Whiting Washington and Fairfax Washington came to Logan Co. around 1811. William Whiting Washington built a home near Gordonsville and it was often referred to as "Green Ridge, The Mount Vernon of the South." About the same time Fairfax Washington built his home near the community of Dot and not far from the Tennessee state line. The original house was of log. A brick house was later built and is referred to as "Fairfax Place." Fairfax Washington did business with his Washington cousin across the state line in Tennessee. Joseph Washington, who moved to Robertson County Tennessee in 1790, his son George, Joseph Jr. and granddaughter, Jane had large family homes in Tennessee. They were known as "Wessington Plantation," "Washington Hall" and "Glenraven." They were located just south of Adams and Cedar Hill, Tennessee. Wessington Plantation and Glenraven still stand today. Washington Hall entry gates still stand displaying the family name but sadly, like Green Ridge, Washington Hall burned. Many of the Washington homes are still standing but are privately owned. For information about the Washington home places of Logan County, contact Regina Phillips at the Washington House B&B in Russellville at 270-726-1240
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