Destinations · Kentucky
Danville
KY · 37.6440, -84.7806
From Danville, Kentucky, Byway's registries place 7 scenic byways within 30 miles.
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.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway · inside · national
- Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway · 1 mi
- US 68 Scenic Byway · 7 mi
- Shakertown Road · 8 mi
- Wilderness Road Heritage Highway · 27 mi · national
- Midway-Versailles Road (US-62) · 28 mi
Lookouts
- Welch Mtn Overlook · 27 mi
- Piney Knob Overlook · 28 mi
- Radio Tower Overlook · 28 mi
Named places
- Confederate Memorial · 0 mi
- The Great American Dollhouse Museum · 0 mi
- McDowell House & Apothecary Shop Museum · 1 mi
- Pine Knob · 4 mi
- Persimmon Knob · 5 mi
- Parksville Knob · 7 mi
- Berger Knob · 7 mi
- Pleasant Hill · 8 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Harrodsburg · 9 mi
- Nicholasville · 20 mi
- Lawrenceburg · 27 mi
- Versailles · 28 mi
- Bluegrass Region · 29 mi