Areas

Areas are the places of Knox Country that lie between and around the towns. Forests, lakes, rivers, farmland, trailer parks, campgrounds, abandoned settlements and military sites all count here. They offer fish, game, wild plants and quiet places for a base.

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Forests

Doe Valley Forest is a massive forest across much of the northwest of the map. It hides the Meadshire Estate, Mad Dan's Den, a gun store, a camping store, the Deerhead Lake park ranger station and Camp Busy Beaver. Hog Wallow Forest lies east of Echo Creek, west of Rosewood and northeast of Irvington. Jefferson Forest lies east of Muldraugh and south of Valley Station.

Forests are the best ground for trapping and foraging. Rabbits, squirrels and raccoons are far more common in forest zones than in town, and deep forest is best of all. The Park Ranger occupation moves much faster through forests and woodland. The Lumberjack moves slightly faster there and suffers less muscle strain from chopping trees.

Lakes and Rivers

The Ohio River runs along the north of Knox Country. Riverside, Brandenburg and West Point sit on its banks. The Salt River flows out of the Jefferson Forest, south of Valley Station, and joins the Ohio. Both rivers carry place names on the in-game world map.

Lakes dot the countryside. Dark Wallow Lake is a large lake southwest of March Ridge. A wastewater treatment plant, a bait shop, the Darkwallow Lake Guest House and Camp Arthur sit around it. Doe Valley Lake lies just south of Riverside and east of the West Maple Country Club. Otter Pond is a pair of joined ponds west of West Point, just south of the Ohio. Deerhead Lake sits in Doe Valley Forest near a park ranger station. Wadsworth Lake was once called Neil's Lake.

Water means fish and drink. River and lake water count as tainted, so boil it or treat it before drinking. Cast a fishing line well away from the shore for the best chance at big fish.

Farmland and Rural Sites

Doe Valley is a large stretch of farmland covering most of the north-central map. It holds the Jamieton Army Surplus, Lenny's Car Repair, the Pony Roam-O stable and the County Offices. Pony Roam-O is a horse and pony stable business. Hodgetts Farm is a farmstead southeast of Fallas Lake, inside Doe Valley.

McCoy's Logging is the McCoy Logging Co. timber yard on the edge of Muldraugh, across the Dixie Highway from town. The Meadshire Estate is a gated community deep in Doe Valley Forest. Coalfield is a Wild West tourist town in Doe Valley Forest, reached by Kentucky 60. It has the Coalfield Inn, a sheriff's office and a Smith & Farrier. Its wild west buildings are a good place to look for a Hurricane Lantern.

Trailer Parks and Rest Stops

Dixie Trailer Park sits on the Dixie Highway between Muldraugh and West Point. It works as a full rest stop, with a food market, a diner, a gas station, a laundromat, Barg-N-Clothes, a Gas 2 Go, a Spiffo's and Nolan's Used Cars. Scenic Grove Trailer Park lies south of Riverside. It has Al's Auto Shop, a diner, Gas N More, U-Store It and Lectromax Manufacturing. Bright Valley Trailer Park lies east of Brandenburg along Kentucky 60 and has a trailer store.

Rest stops make good early targets. Gas station storage rooms hold town maps, and diners hold food.

Camps and Military Sites

Camp Arthur is a campground on the northwest bank of Dark Wallow Lake. Camp Busy Beaver is a large campground of spread-out buildings in Doe Valley Forest. Camp Fitzgerald is a large site of many buildings on the southern edge of Valley Station.

The Exclusion Zone border is the fence that separates Louisville from the rest of the map. The Knox Boundary Camp is the refugee camp and army checkpoint on that border, south of Louisville. The world map labels the camp by name. In-game newspapers report that the military blocked roads in and out of the area, and later that the Knox boundary was breached.

Abandoned and Burnt Sites

Some places were dying before the outbreak. The abandoned settlement is a tiny, decrepit spot in the east near Muldraugh, with a church. The abandoned town, also called Tanglewood, sits between Brandenburg and Riverside. It holds CGE Corp, a trapper's house and the Sunderland Hills Sanatorium.

The burnt town is a small unnamed town that burned down before the Knox Event. A military tower, a laundromat, a liquor store, a pharmacy and a Pizza Whirled restaurant still stand among the ruins.

Sport and Leisure Sites

The Irvington Speedway is a race track northwest of Irvington, with a sport car supply store, a fire department and a medical clinic. Chapelmount Downs is a racehorse track in Louisville. Iroquois Park is the largest park in Louisville. It holds a mounted police training site, the Park Center, Churn R Us and the Wellington Heights Golf Club.

Notes

• The Trainyard is a rail yard on the map.
• Annotated maps sometimes lead to stashes outside the towns.

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