The Life Adventure Center office is located next to the equine barn and indoor arena.

• The offices of our administrative staff are all located inside the main office building, in addition to a small conference room area.

Please feel free to park in the lot below the barn and follow the short trail up to our front door!

The Barn houses twelve stalls, a well-equipped English and Western tack room, wash racks, and an office for our equine staff.

• Indoor/outdoor riding arena
• Lighted 120’x200′ indoor arena with viewing area
• Variety of jumps and equipment
• 100’x200′ outdoor arena with all-weather footing
• Miles of groomed trails and outdoor riding areas
• Small cross-country course with 18″ fences
• Round pen

• 3,200 sq. ft. of meeting space
• Nestled in a beautiful forest
• Grand stone fireplace
• 70” Sharp LED/LCD TV
• Sound bar/WiFi equipped
• Classroom seating for 100 or Banquet seating for 80 or Theatre seating for 100
• 8’ rectangle and round tables
• Separate men and women’s restrooms with shower facilities

• Two Story-Sleeps 48/ Bunkbeds for use with paid programming
• Short walk away from Assembly Building with large stone fireplace
• Beautiful front porch
• Separate men and women’s restroom facilities

• Ideal for group retreats and use with paid programming
• 3 cabins (in the woods) accommodate 8-12 with bunk beds and loft mattresses
• Electricity in each cabin
• Restrooms and showers in close proximity
• Campfire area, log seating, and space for tent camping in addition to cabins

• Large pavilion adjacent to Challenge Course
• Accommodates 150
• Picnic table seating
• Large stone fireplace
• Separate men and women’s restroom facilities
• Large grassy area adjacent to the facility for relaxing and playing games

Our Challenge Course acts as a resource for your group to explore individual and group strengths, think outside of the box, face fears, and improve group dynamics. Our professional facilitators engage participants in interactive play on and above the ground. These challenges are custom designed to meet specific needs within the group! Each participant plays a vital role in the group’s success, thus creating a stronger, unified team.

During Your Adventure You Will:

• Participate in a combination of problem-solving activities on or near the ground (“Low Initiatives”) and/or challenges while suspended as high as 40 feet in the air (“High Ropes Intiatives”)
• Learn important life lessons as you take opportunities to work with your peers to accomplish challenges and seemingly impossibly tasks.
• Build more effective communication skills and take time to communicate your expectations and needs with fellow participants.
• Set individual and team goals.
• Implement problem-solving skills by taking risks in a safe and supportive environment. Build fast, effective decision-making skills and initiate successful group discussions. Participate in reflective conversations throughout the day that will allow you to pull meaning and learning from your experiences.
• Be presented with opportunities to make healthy choices for yourself about your level of participation. Our facilitators will never force you to do anything. Instead they will encourage you to challenge yourself and set healthy boundaries when you feel you have reached your limits. You can expect your team to encourage and support you through this process. Your success is not determined by achievement, but your willingness to try.

Labyrinths are used world-wide as a way to quiet the mind, calm anxieties, recover balance in life, enhance creativity and encourage meditation, insight, self-reflection and stress reduction.

Our meditative labyrinth has been used by a diverse range of groups – from youth campers at our summer resilience-building adventure camps, to veterans recovering from PTSD.

Our Labyrinth was designed by a former Life Adventure Center camp director, Jason “Wolf” Hicks, who worked endless hours to construct the labyrinth at the highest point on our property. It includes stones from Life Adventure Camp, from the properties of several of our earlier board members, as well as stones from former dwellings of enslaved Kentuckians.

The Life Adventure Center operates and manages the Clyde E. Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary—which covers over 370 acres full of hiking trails, wildlife, and opportunities to learn about the environment. Buckley is located at 1305 Germany Road, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.

Highlights include:

• Pedestrian trails open Wednesday to Sunday from 9am to dusk
• Marion Lindsey Bird Blind, offering exceptional views of birds, mammals, and insects; and an ecologically diverse forest

Visiting Buckley?

• Start at our parking lot kiosk with maps and trail guides covering several well-marked trails (restrooms are available at our pavilion)
• Stay on the marked path!
• Wear appropriate attire for weather, carry a cell phone and adequate water, and please do not hike alone. Notify someone of where you are and when you are expected to return.
• Keep all pets on a leash and under your direct control
• No hunting or fishing is permitted