Motorcycle Tour: The Boonesborough-Clays Ferry Loop, Kentucky

Copyrighted  ©2014 by DRC

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View the Boonesborough ride (Youtube).

View the Clays Ferry ride (Youtube).

View the Grimes Mill ride (Youtube).


Boonesboro-Clays Ferry kml file for GPS
Grimes Mill kml file for GPS
White Hall kml file for GPS
Simpson Lane kml file for GPS

The following is a list of sites mentioned in the tour, in order visited, with informative links.


The Boonesboro segment
(in yellow on the first map)

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Jacobson Park

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  1. Jacobson Park (Lexington government)


Athens, KY

  1. Athens, Kentucky (Wikipedia)

Boone Station

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  1. Boone Station (Wikipedia)
  2. Boone Station (Ky. Dept. of Parks)
  3. Daniel Boone (Wikipedia)

Lower Howard's Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve

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  1. Lower Howard's Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve (official website)
  2. Lower Howard's Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve (Ky. State Nature Preserves Commission)

From Holder's Station and Hall's on the River Restaurant to 627

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  1. John Holder Trail (Howard's Creek nature preserve above)
  2. Hall's On the River (official website)
  3. Kentucky River Palisades  (Wikipedia)
  4. Kentucky River (Wikipedia)
  5. Waterfront Restaurant and Lounge (official website)

Fort Boonesborough State Park

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  1. Fort Boonesborough State Park (Wikipedia)
  2. Fort Boonesborough State Park  (Ky. State Parks)
  3. Fort Boonesborough Living History 
  4. Daniel Boone (Wikipedia)
  5. Boonesborough, Kentucky (Wikipedia)



Clays Ferry segment
(in orange on the map)

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White Hall

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  1. White Hall (Wikipedia)
  2. White Hall (Ky. State Parks)
  3. Cassius Marcellus Clay (Wikipedia)
  4. Green Clay (Wikipedia)
  5. Laura Clay (Wikipedia)

Clays Ferry, Kentucky

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  1. Riptide on the River restaurant (official website)


Grimes Mill Road segment
(in red on the map)

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Grimes Mill and the Iroquois Hunt Club

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  1. Iroquois Hunt Club (official website)