Veterans Park Travel Information (Lexington, KY)

Bluegrass on the Rocks around Lexington, Kentucky Wherever there is bluegrass, there are horse farms. To get a good long look at some of the world’s best-known horse farms, start in Lexington. Take a drive on Harrodsburg Road, Old Frankfort Pike, Iro... Lexington, KY

Georgetown / Maysville Loop: Rambling through the Bluegrass The 115.6-mile drive begins in the historic city of Georgetown and follows the highway through some beautiful bluegrass country to Paris. Here the drive heads north along the old “Buffalo Trace” towar... Georgetown, KY

Grimes Mill Road: Past the Iroquois Hunt Club A little more than 8 miles may not seem like much of a drive, but there are times when such a short trip is just right for the day. If a trip like this is what you are after, you couldn’t find a more ... Athens, KY

Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, and Frankfort, KY The very heart and soul of Kentucky is “The Bluegrass,” a seven-county area centering upon Lexington in the north-central part of the state. This is the land of wide, rolling pastures framed with tidy... Lexington, KY

Kentucky Travel Information by Rough Guides Two hundred years after it was wrested from the Native Americans, Kentucky still hasn’t quite made up its mind as to whether it belongs in the North or the South. Both the rival presidents in the Civi... Lexington, KY

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Raven Run Nature Sanctuary Trail (Distance: 8.7 mi) A wooded walk to a Kentucky River overlook and into a scenic creek gorge. The 470-acre Raven Run Nature Sanctuary gets its name from a scenic creek that meanders through southeastern Fayette County an...

Lexington, KY - Hiking - length:3.9 mi

Boone Creek: KY 418 to Kentucky River (Distance: 10.8 mi) Boone Creek is a small, intense stream flowing over a rock bed along the eastern border of Fayette County. Runnable only 10 or 12 days a year, it just may be the most singularly beautiful run in the e...

Athens, KY - Whitewater Paddling - length:6.3 mi

Calloway Creek: Smith Fork to Kentucky River (Distance: 11.7 mi) This creek is also referred to—erroneously—as Galloway Creek. Calloway Creek plunges into the Kentucky River near the I-75 bridge south of Lexington. Runnable below the confluence of Smith Fork, this ...

Lexington, KY - Whitewater Paddling - length:2.5 mi

Jessamine Creek: Frankfort Ford Road to KY 1268 (Distance: 11.7 mi) This stream offers a scenic paddle in close proximity to Nicholasville and south Lexington. It offers continuous twists and turns that are shrouded in overhanging trees and in the beginnings of a fair...

Nicholasville, KY - Whitewater Paddling - length:3.3 mi

Hickman Creek: KY 1541 to KY 1268 Bridge (Distance: 13.0 mi) East and West Fork Hickman flow forth from Lexington’s two reservoirs and collect water as they run out of Lexington to Jessamine County. The creek offers some good central Kentucky scenery with woodl...

Nicholasville, KY - Whitewater Paddling - length:10.3 mi

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Tates Creek Tates Creek Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6265 yards, par 72 1.0 miles from center of Veterans Park

Meadowbrook Meadowbrook Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 2235 yards, par 55 1.1 miles from center of Veterans Park

Idle Hour Idle Hour Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 7018 yards, par 71 2.8 miles from center of Veterans Park

Lakeside Lakeside Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6844 yards, par 72 3.3 miles from center of Veterans Park

Picadome Gay Brewer, Jr. Course @ Picadome Municipal, 18 holes 6272 yards, par 72 3.7 miles from center of Veterans Park

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