Hazard, Perry County Launch New Tourism Portal Highlighting Year-Round Events

Ben Braman’s seven-mile hiking and walking trail network at Perry County Park now features prominently on the Hazard / Perry County Tourism website, the site identifies itself as the official online information portal for visitors and residents seeking attractions, events and services in Hazard and Perry County. The portal publishes the commission’s mission and vision in full: "To provide an online informational source for potential visitors to the area." and "To be a catalyst for stirring economic growth and attracting new visitors to the 'Queen City of the Mountains'."

The site groups local offerings under "THE HEART OF ADVENTURE TOURISM" and lists activity categories by name, including 4-wheeling, Water Sports, Hunting, Fishing, Hiking & Walking Trails and Wildlife Sightseeing. Specific outdoor sites named on the portal include Buckhorn Lake Wildlife Management Area, which the listing says provides hunting for rabbit, squirrel, turkey and deer plus hiking trails and a campground, and Buckhorn Lake State Park, noted on the site for fishing, boating and water sports with boat rentals and launching ramps. The Moonshine Trail appears as a "self-guided Moonshine Trail" on the portal, and the attractions roster includes Mother Goose House, Quilt Trail and Battle of Leatherwood Site & Reenactment.

The tourism calendar posted on the site presents a year-round slate of community events, many with explicit 2026 dates. Headline festival dates include the Black Gold Festival, September 17, 18 & 19, 2026, with the Black Gold Festival’s Diamond Street Rod Show listed for September 19, 2026. The Battle of Leatherwood Re-enactment is scheduled for the fourth weekend of October — October 23, 24 & 25, 2026 — and CHRISTMAS IN A SMALL TOWN is listed for Main Street December 10, 11 & 12, 2026. Other calendar entries are listed verbatim: Crusin's on Main Street, 2026 TBA; Octoberfest Music Festival, Main Street, 2026 Date TBA; PINK WEEKEND, November 2026 TBA; and the Perry County Saddle Club Spring Trail Ride at Buffalo Camp & Ride, Buckhorn, KY with a ride out at 11AM on April 11 (ride location and start time given on the listing).

The site also reproduces county fair logistics and promotional copy from the Perry County Fair page. The annual Perry County Fair is held the third weekend in June at Perry County Park, the fair site states, and explicitly says "The goal of the Perry County Fair is two-fold: to provide FREE entertainment opportunities at home and offer Perry County non-profit organizations the chance to fundraise for their groups." The fair listing notes there is no charge to park or enter, parking is located at Perry County Central High School, free air-conditioned shuttles will run continuously during fair hours, and provides local contact details: perrycokyfair.com; 481 Main Street, Hazard, KY 41701; 606-439-1816.

The portal reproduces a canceled ceremony notice for the Perry County Coal Miner Memorial Ribbon Cutting Ceremony; the original listing located the event at 200 Main Street, between the Farmer's Market Pavilion and the Hazard Police Department for December 15th at 1pm, followed by the all-caps status line: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WILL BE RESCHEDULED!!! The tourism listing also carries technical artifacts from third-party aggregation: MapQuest-style text such as "Generated from the website," "Android app Google Play / Download on the App Store" badges, and the data attribution "Partial Data by Infogroup (c) 2026. All rights reserved."

The new portal frames local attractions and the 2026 event calendar as tools to boost visitor spending and local fundraising, with the vision statement aiming to spark economic growth for Hazard, the "Queen City of the Mountains." For additional administrative information the tourism content points readers to the county government landing page at perrycounty.ky.gov and to the Perry County Fair web contact at perrycokyfair.com.