Kentucky

From MaxTravelz

Kentucky is a mideastern state of the United States. Its state capital is Frankfort. Attractions include horse racing and college basketball.

Contents 1 Regions 2 Cities 3 Other destinations 4 Understand 5 Talk 6 Get in 7 Get around 8 See 9 Do 10 Eat 11 Drink 12 Sleep 13 Get out

Regions

Cities

• Ashland (Home of The Judds)
• Bowling Green (Home of Western Kentucky University)
• Cave City (Gateway to Mammoth Cave)
• Covington (South side of Cincinnati)
• Elizabethtown (Popularized by the movie)
• Fort Knox (Home of gold and armor)
• Frankfort (State Capitol)
• Lexington (Horse capital of the world)
• London (Where Kentucky Fried Chicken was born)
• Louisville (Derby City)
• Maysville (Home of Rosemary Clooney)
• Murray (Home of Murray State University)
• Owensboro (Barbeque Capital of the World)
• Paducah (Quilt City)
• Richmond (Home of Eastern Kentucky University)

Other destinations

• Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
• Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Breaks Interstate Park
• Red River Gorge
• Natural Bridge State Park

Understand

Talk

Get in

Kentucky is accessible by five interstates; I-71 and I-75 coming from Cincinnati going to Louisville and Lexington, respectively, I-64 going from Ashland to Louisville, I-65 from Louisville to Bowling Green and I-24 from Paducah to Hopkinsville. The state is also served by major parkways administered by the state, such as the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, the Bluegrass Parkway, and the Wendell Ford Western Kentucky Parkway. There are three airports in the state. Louisville International Airport is served by several major airlines, including Southwest, Delta, USAir and American Airlines. Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, located off of I-275 near Hebron, is a major hub for Delta. Lexington's Blue Grass Field offers flights to several cities. Forty miles from southern Kentucky is Nashville International Airport

Get around

See

Do

Eat

• Doe Run Inn-Brandenburg
• Riverview Revolving Restaurant-Covington
• The Whistle Stop-Glendale
• Patti's 1880 Settlement-Grand Rivers
• Claudia Sanders Dinner House-Simpsonville
• Parkette Drive-In-Lexington
• Kingfish Seafood-Louisville
• Lynn's Paradise Cafe-Louisville
• Mike Linnings Seafood-Louisville
• Moonlite BBQ-Owensboro

Drink

Sleep

Get out

To the west of Kentucky, Missouri can boast of having St Louis, home of the Gateway Arch and Union Station, a festive marketplace.

Riverboat casinos cruise the Ohio River north of Kentucky in Illinois and Indiana. Illinois is also the later day home of Abraham Lincoln (Springfield) and the fictional home of Superman (Metropolis). Indiana has several caves to visit and is rich in covered bridges. Ohio, also to the north, has no casinos, but does have the city of Cincinnati, home of Kings Island and the Bengals (NFL) and Reds (MLB).

To the east are the Virginias. West Virginia is the closest state with dog racing. It also has the New River Gorge Bridge one of the highest in the eastern US. Virginia has the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah National Park.

Tennessee shares Kentucky's southern border. Here you'll find the Great Smoky Mountains, the music city of Nashville and Elvis' home in Memphis

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