A number of optional social activities are planned as part of the REU program. These will include a picnic early in the summer so that faculty and students can get to know each other in an informal atmosphere, a weekend trip to mammoth cave, and several weekend hiking and rock climbing trips to Red River Gorge.

Nearby attractions for interested students include:

    Hiking at the Raven Run Nature Sanctuary

    Rock climbing in Red River Gorge

    Tours of Mammoth Cave

    Lexington Legends minor-league baseball

    The Kentucky Horse Park

    Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill

    Tours of the Bourbon Distilleries