Destinations · Kentucky
KY · 37.8156, -85.4631
Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, Old Kentucky Turnpike and US 68 Scenic Byway are signed byways within 30 miles of Bardstown, Kentucky.
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The main east-west route is the Bluegrass Parkway, bringing in traffic from Elizabethtown and I-65 South, 20 miles west. It also brings in Lexington traffic from the east. The two Bardstown exits are Exit 21 (US 31E) and Exit 25 (US 150). Nelson County also has exits off the parkway at Exit 10 (KY 52) to Boston and western Nelson County and Exit 34 (KY 55) to Bloomfield and eastern Nelson County.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Bardstown. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
National Scenic Byway · 1 mi out
State scenic byway · 1 mi out
State scenic byway · 21 mi out
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 4 h window · 131 mi
3 h 58 loop · 3 stops · back by 3:58 PM. Incorporates Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway.
Touches Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, Shakertown Road, Midway-Versailles Road (US-62)
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 183 mi
7 h 58 loop · 12 stops · back by 7:57 PM. Incorporates Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway.
Touches Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, Old Frankfort Pike, Indiana's Historic Pathways
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Bardstown: 4 h, 131 miles, 3 stops; and 8 h, 183 miles, 12 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Bourbon Heritage Center, My Old Kentucky Home, Willett Distillery, Laurel Hill, Beriah Magoffin MOnument, Confederate Monument, Jeptha Knob, Jeptha Creed Distillery, Gracehopper, Buttonmold Knob, The Lost Knob and MacDonald Knob. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.