Favorite Scenic Routes in Kentucky

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Lexington-Frankfort-Versailles area

Kentucky River Palisades

US Highway 25, South

Eastern Kentucky
Note: Some of these roads are very curvy, make sure you use caution in the curves.

London-Whitesburg loop
US-421
The Black Dragon loop, over Black Mountain
along the Foot of Pine Mountain
Little Shepherd Trail on top of Pine Mountain
The Wilderness Road from Cumberland Gap to Boones Station
Foot of Cumberland Mountain (actually in Virginia)
KY-8 from Newport to South Shore
KY-7 from South Shore to Hazard
KY-11 from Oneida to Williamsburg
KY-28 from KY-15 north of Hazard to Booneville
KY-30 from Salyersville to London
KY-66 from Oneida to Pineville
KY-89 from Winchester to London
KY-194 from Jenny Wiley State Resort Park to Virginia state line
The Hatfield-McCoy Loop in Kentucky and West Virginia

Daniel Boone National Forest, South

Cumberland Falls, the back way
KY-192 from Bald Rock to Somerset

Lexington, KY to Huntsville, AL: The Back Way

US-68 and US-31
US-127
US-27

Weekend Getaway Roadtrips
Centered around:

Cumberland Falls State Resort Park
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
London
Pine Mountain State Resort Park
Whitesburg
Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park
other State Resort Parks

Other Areas (non-interstate, kml files for GPS)

The South

Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains

Coastal Florida

To Southeastern Coast

Out West

Lexington to Cheyenne
US-2
US-20, Central US
US-20, Western US
US-50
US-60
US-70
US-89 North (reroute around Yellowstone)
US-89 South (reroute around Yellowstone)
US-93
US-95
US-97
US-191 (rerouted for winter)
US-285 etc., Billings to Carlsbad
US-395