Golf in Morehead

Morehead is the Rowan County seat and home of Morehead State University in the Appalachian foothills of northeastern Kentucky. MSU's presence has sustained Morehead as a more economically diverse community than surrounding mountain counties, and the university's cultural programming — Eagles Trace Golf and the Kentucky Folk Art Center — creates amenities unusual for a small Appalachian community. The Daniel Boone National Forest surrounds Rowan County, providing the outdoor recreation context that complements the university's facilities. The county seat's role as a commercial and governmental hub ensures that recreational infrastructure like golf courses receives the community investment appropriate to an anchor institution for the surrounding region.