Ultimate List of Kentucky Vacation Ideas

Are you looking for a weekend adventure here in the Bluegrass State? Think Kentucky local when you start planning your next adventure because you are in for some of the most amazing opportunties to make memories just a few miles from your hometown! Here is the ultimate list of Kentucky Vacation Ideas! If your favorite destination is not on here today, leave a comment and let me know what I missed so I can get it added!

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Ultimate List of Kentucky Vacation Ideas

Before you visit any location, call or visit their website to verify open hours and admission prices.

Benham

• Kentucky Coal Mining Museum

Benton

• Big Bear Resort: Kentucky Lake

Bardstown

• My Old KY Home
• Bernheim Forest: find the Giants 

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Bowling Green

• Heritage Aviation Park
• Beech Bend Amusement Park
• Corvette Museum
• Lost River Cave
• Historic Railpark & Train Museum

Campbellsville

• Green River Tailwater Recreational Area

Central Kentucky Barn Quilt Trail

Corbin

• Colonel Sanders First KFC
• Cumberland Falls
• Yahoo Falls
• McCreary County: Princess Falls

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Things to Do in Daniel Boone National Forest

Danville

• Central KY Wildlife Refuge
• Great American Dollhouse Museum

Fleming County

• Covered Bridge Capitol of KY

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Frankfort

• Cove Spring Park
• Free Things to Do in Frankfort
• Josephine Sculpture Park
• Kentucky History Museum
• Old State Capitol
• Salato Wildlife Education Center

Georgetown

• Toyota Factory Tour

Germantown:

• Earth Joy Treehouse – Pete Nelson Treehouse

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Harrosdburg:

• Osage Orange Tree
• Old Fort Harrod

Hodgenville

• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace

Horse Cave

• Kentucky Down Under

Knob Creek

• Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home 

Land Between the Lakes

• Things to see at Land Between the Lakes
• Pattis’ Settlement

Lexington

• McConnell Springs
• South of Nicholasville – High Bridge Park
• Street Art / Public Murals

Louisville Area

• Speed Art Museum (FREE on Sundays)
• Big Four Pedestrian Bridge
• Butchertown Market
• Heigold House Facade
• Fairmount Falls
• Greetings from Louisville Mural
• Frazier History Museum
• Kentucky Derby Museum

London

• Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park

Mammoth Cave

• Mammoth Cave National Park

McCreary County

• Hiking the Natural Arch

Munfordville

• Kentucky StoneHenge

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Newport

• Newport Aquarium

Knob Creek

• Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home 

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Marion

• Ben E Clement Mineral Museum

Petersburg

• Creation Museum

Paducah

• MAKE Paducah
• Mellow Mushroom Paducah
• National Quilt Museum
• River Discovery Center
• Paducah FloodWall Murals
• Paducah Travel Guide

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Rabbit Hash

• Rabbit Hash General Store

Russell County (Russell Springs & Jamestown)

• Jamestown: Wolf Creek Fish Hatchery
• Rock House Natural Arch
• Wolf Creek Dam
• Hiking the Baugh Branch Trail – Lake Cumberland State Park

Somerset

• Mill Springs Battlefield Mill
• Mill Springs Battlefield Driving Tour

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Springfield

• Mt Zion Covered Bridge

Stearns

• Blue Heron Mining Camp
• Devils Jump Overlook

Union

• Big Bone Lick State Park

Versailles

• Nostalgia Station Toy & Train Station

Whitley City

• Yahoo Falls & Stone Arch
• Yahoo Falls

Williamstown

• The Ark Encounter

Winchester

• Ale-8-One Bottling Company

Kentucky Waterfall Hikes

What are your favorite destinations in Kentucky? Got any amazing locations that I haven’t mentioned? I’d love to hear!