Kentucky Travel Guide

Kentucky Bourbon Trail: The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is a collection of eighteen bourbon distilleries located in and around Louisville. If you want to tour all eighteen distilleries, you need a minimum of seven days. Along the way you can enjoy the nightlife, drive through scenic bluegrass Kentucky, watch a horse race at Churchill Downs, visit the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, and spend the night in a historic tavern.

Louisville: Louisville, Kentucky…the home of the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Louisville Slugger bats. One third of all bourbon comes from Louisville, so it’s home to several stops on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. And in 2012, Louisville was the only city in the US to make Zagat’s list of “8 Awesome Foodie Getaways Around the World.” This all adds up to make Louisville an excellent place to visit, as well as a great home base for exploring the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

Mammoth Cave National Park: Mammoth Cave is the world’s longest cave system, with over 400 miles of explored caves and passageways. On a visit to Mammoth Cave, explore this subterranean world of immense rooms, long canyons, and tight passageways and learn why it is called a “grand, gloomy, and peculiar place” by Stephen Bishop, Mammoth Cave’s most famous guide and explorer.

Red River Gorge: Located inside of Daniel Boone National Forest, this geological area has over 150 sandstone arches, as well as waterfalls, jagged cliffs, and scenic trails making it a beautiful area to explore. Here there are opportunities for hiking, rock climbing, zip lining, kayaking, and scenic drives.

Land Between the Lakes: This vast wetland is a natural playground for outdoor enthusiasts who love to hike, fish, bike, and picnic. It is a scenic destination roaming with wildlife, perfect for spending a peaceful day outdoors.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace: Abraham Lincoln was born in a one room log cabin in Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1809. A memorial now stands at his birthplace. Inside of the memorial is a symbolic log cabin, a historic replica of the one that Abraham Lincoln first lived in. It is not the actual log cabin of Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace.