TABLE OF CONTENTS Features 6 8 Plan Your Trip 5 Ways To Explore The Bluegrass State Top-Shelf Bourbon Tours Winning Horse Attractions Outdoor Hot Spots State's Top Tastes Home-Grown Picks Historic Best Bets Musical Musts Fine Art Finds Can't-Miss Events Hickman Regions 26 36 46 60 68 90 102 Southern Shorelines Caves, Lakes & Corvettes Western Waterlands Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue Bourbon, Horses & History Northern Kentucky River Bluegrass, Horses, Bourbon & Boone Kentucky Appalachians Daniel Boone Country Paducah 24 12 14 16 18 20 22 23 24 25 Henderson Morganfield Dixon Madisonville Marion Smithland Grand Rivers Eddyville Kuttawa Lake Barkley Benton Mayfield KY Lake Murray Princeton 120 130 Gilbertsville Wickliffe Bardwell Cunningham Hopkinsville Cadiz Clinton 24 Golden Pond Oak Grove Foldout Map Solar Eclipse/Kentucky's Lakes 2017 OFFICIAL VISITOR’ S GUIDE #travelKY On The Cover Lake Cumberland, “Houseboating Capital of the World,” offers plenty of water fun. A total solar eclipse is coming Aug. 21, 2017, and a large portion of western Kentucky is THE best place to see it! The map in the back of this guide will tell you all about it, but there are plenty more “dark” attractions throughout the state as well. You’ll discover them in the regional sections beginning on page 26. Above, left to right: Roebling Suspension Bridge, Covington; Renfro Valley Entertainment Center. 4 1-800-225-8747 / 1-800-225-TRIP