Destinations · Kentucky
KY · 38.0297, -84.4947
Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway, US 68 Scenic Byway and Old Frankfort Pike are 3 of 6 signed byways within 30 miles of Lexington, Kentucky.
Understand
Founded in 1775, 17 years before Kentucky became a state, the fledgling campsite was named Lexington when settlers received news of the Battles of Lexington and Concord which had opened the Revolutionary War just a few months prior. (Many people today assume it to be the other way around, since Lexington, Kentucky, is much larger and more well-known than the eponymous Lexington, Massachusetts.)
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Lexington. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
National Scenic Byway · 2 mi out
State scenic byway · 1 mi out
State scenic byway · 1 mi out
State scenic byway · 3 mi out
State scenic byway · 5 mi out
State scenic byway · 13 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 · 9 mi
3 h 38 loop · 7 stops · back by 3:38 PM. Incorporates Old Frankfort Pike.
Touches Old Frankfort Pike, Boone Creek Scenic Byway, Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 240 mi
7 h 50 loop · 10 stops · back by 7:50 PM. Incorporates Old Frankfort Pike.
Touches Old Frankfort Pike, Ohio River Scenic Byway, Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Lexington: 4 h, 9 miles, 7 stops; and 8 h, 240 miles, 10 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Confederate Monument, Fort Hill, Poplar Hill, Honeysuckle Hill, Tyler Davidson Fountain, Homage to Cincinnatus, Florence Y’All Water Tower, Aerial adventure, Ockerman Globe Monument and Mary Todd Lincoln House. 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.