BOURBON, HORSES & HISTORY Regional Highlights Riverfront turkey hunting, trout fishing and horseback riding? Yes, please! These activities, plus hiking, mountain biking, an archery range, disc golf and a launch ramp for canoes, kayaks and small boats draw campers and other outdoor enthusiasts to Meade County’s scenic Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area . Elizabethtown’s Freeman Lake Park is the perfect-size day trip: 170 acres of lake with accessible kayak dock for fishing and paddling, whiling away the hours on the 18-hole disc golf course or sports courts (tennis, pickleball, sand volleyball), munching a picnic, ambling along walking trails and poking about historic cabins. Begin at Frazier History Museum. End up in total bourbon immersion in “Bourbon City,” home of 10-plus distilleries — many of which are downtown and within walking distance of each other — and the Urban Bourbon Trail® , a cocktail and culinary experience reveling in Louisville’s bourbon bars, restaurants and official cocktail, the Old Fashioned. 1 On the Waterfront 2 One Size Fits All Make cornmeal. Harvest garlic. Pet a thoroughbred racehorse. Choose from 15 interactive farm tours (April-November) in Oldham County, the Farm Tour Capital of Kentucky. Farm tours include activities as diverse as experiencing a bourbon distillery as if you were a distiller yourself at the Kentucky Artisan Distillery and strolling the gardens and greenhouse at Hermitage Farm before enjoying a farm-fresh lunch. Find all the labels you love at Simpsonville’s Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass (aka shopping nirvana) — and at a discount: Tory Burch, Vineyard Vines, Hey Dude, Le Creuset, Fossil. Over 80 designer shops crowd this charming open-air lifestyle center, along with a variety of restaurants. At Maker’s Mark Distillery’s Star Hill Provisions , nosh on farm-to-table dishes made with produce and herbs grown in the garden and sourced locally from nearby farmers, with menus changing based on what’s fresh. Pair with the signature drink, the Gold Rush, made with honey from the distillery’s apiary. 4 Milk a Cow 5 Bring a Bigger Bag 3 Old-Fashioned Fun 6 Fresh and Flavorful 4 3 5 1 2 6 National Parks State Resort Parks State Recreational Parks State Historic Parks 110 #TravelKY
The Official Kentucky Visitor's Guide The Official Kentucky Visitor's Guide 2024: Page 110
