Welcome to Evarts, Kentucky

"Birthplace of Adventure Tourism"

Home of
"Black Mountain Recreation Park, Evarts Trailhead"
"Guinness Book of World Records Longest ATV Parade"

       Evarts Kentucky is located in South-Eastern Kentucky between the Pine and Cumberland Mountain Ranges on the Cloverfork of the Cumberland River Valley at the confluence of Yocum Creek and Cloverfork 8 miles east of Harlan. . A small turn of the century coal-mining town that has now gained National recognition as the #1 Off Road Destination.

     Evarts, designated as a 5th class city, with its first Post Office which was established Feb 9th 1855, with Jane Kelly as the first Post Master, and allegedly named for an early Harlan Co. family

      Now home to the Black Mountain Recreational Park and Evarts Trailhead, the Grand Opening June of 2005, and the Harlan County Ridge Runners ATV Club, this small community and Harlan County has seen over 50,000 visitors to the area to enjoy the Off Road Park and our County. With the plans of County Judge Executive, Joe Grieshop, and the Harlan County Fiscal Court, to expand our riding area's to more than 40,000 acres. The park is set to lead Eastern Kentucky into the next phase of Adventure Tourism.