Destinations · Kentucky
KY · 38.0000, -84.5000
US 68 Scenic Byway, Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway and Shakertown Road are 3 of 8 signed byways within 30 miles of Bluegrass Region, Kentucky.
Get in
Visitors have the option of flying directly into the smaller Blue Grass Airport () , in Lexington, or flying into larger airports further away. Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport () and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport () are both about 1.5 hours away from Lexington, but are served by more airlines than Blue Grass Airport.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Bluegrass Region. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
National Scenic Byway · 4 mi out
National Scenic Byway · 29 mi out
State scenic byway · 2 mi out
State scenic byway · 3 mi out
State scenic byway · 3 mi out
State scenic byway · 4 mi out
State scenic byway · 13 mi out
State scenic byway · 28 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 · 20 mi
3 h 42 loop · 5 stops · back by 3:42 PM. Rides the Old Frankfort Pike (+20 min).
Touches Old Frankfort Pike, Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway, Boone Creek Scenic Byway
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 17 mi
7 h 41 loop · 11 stops · back by 7:40 PM. Incorporates Old Frankfort Pike.
Touches Old Frankfort Pike, Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway, Boone Creek Scenic Byway
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Bluegrass Region: 4 h, 20 miles, 5 stops; and 8 h, 17 miles, 11 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Comedy Off Broadway, three children dancing (name might be Hand Me Downs), Arboretum Woods, Appalachian Plateau Region, Flight 5191 Memorial, Knobs Region, Kentucky Children’s Garden, Walking Path to Glendover Elementary Tennis Courts and Playground, Mississippi Embayment Wetland of KY Arboretum, Katsina, the Sacred Dancer and Zandale Park. 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.