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Destinations · Kentucky

Danville

KY · 37.6440, -84.7806

Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway and US 68 Scenic Byway are 3 of 7 signed byways within 30 miles of Danville, Kentucky.

Understand

Danville was part of the settlement area around Harrod's Fort (now Harrodsburg) which was the first English permanent settlement in Kentucky. Walker Daniel, Kentucky's first District Attorney, bought land on the Wilderness Road and had it surveyed for a town in 1783-1784. The Virginia legislature established Danville on December 4, 1787.
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The drives · Designated roads lead.

7 scenic drives near Danville

Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Danville. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.

  1. 01

    Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway

    National Scenic Byway · starts in town

  2. 02

    Wilderness Road Heritage Highway

    National Scenic Byway · 27 mi out

    Runs through Daniel Boone National Forest.

  3. 03

    Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway

    State scenic byway · 1 mi out

  4. 04

    US 68 Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 7 mi out

  5. 05

    Shakertown Road

    State scenic byway · 8 mi out

  6. 06

    Midway-Versailles Road (US-62)

    State scenic byway · 28 mi out

  7. 07

    Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 28 mi out

Day-trip loops

Ready-made loops for Danville are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

Lookouts

Named places

  • Confederate Memorial · 0 mi
  • The Great American Dollhouse Museum · 0 mi
  • McDowell House & Apothecary Shop Museum · 1 mi
  • Constitution Square · 1 mi
  • Henry Jackson Park · 1 mi
  • Michael E. Smith Park · 1 mi
  • Millennium Park · 1 mi
  • Henson Park · 2 mi

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