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Louisville and the Bourbon Trail
25 places · 8 areas · any 7 stops free, then $4.99 for the whole city · offline map 28 MB
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An example half day
6 of the highlights, 1 day, about 2.9 mi (4.7 km), planned by the app's own engine and shown here with their guide. In the app you choose your own.
Day 1 · ~2.9 mi (4.7 km)
1
KMAC Museum
715 W. Main Street; free museum of contemporary art and craft in a four-story cast-iron building
See the current shows of Kentucky makers and contemporary artists across four floors.
2
Filson Historical Society
1310 S. 3rd Street; historical society of 1884 in the Ferguson Mansion, with frontier and Civil War exhibits
See the current exhibition in the history center and the rooms of the Ferguson Mansion.
3
St. James Court
Old Louisville; 1890s court of mansions around a fountain, home of the St. James Court Art Show
Walk the court and around its fountain, past the grand houses built between 1892 and 1905.
4
Old Louisville
South of downtown; 48-block district of Victorian brick and stone mansions from the 1850s to the 1920s
Walk the tree-lined streets and walking courts between St. James Court and Central Park, looking at the towers, porches and stonework.
5
Central Park
Old Louisville; 17-acre Olmsted park, home of the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival
Catch a free Shakespeare performance on a summer evening, or walk the paths among the old trees.
6
Conrad-Caldwell House Museum
St. James Court; Richardsonian Romanesque limestone mansion of 1893, with towers and carved gargoyles
Look for the carved animals and gargoyles on the stone towers, then tour the rooms of carved fireplaces, stained glass and patterned parquet floors.
More of the top sights
A few of the 25 places in the full guide. Each one has its own written guide in the app: what to do, what to notice, the history, and why it hits.
Churchill Downs
700 Central Avenue; racetrack of the Kentucky Derby since 1875, crowned by its 1895 twin spires
Big Four Bridge
From Waterfront Park to Jeffersonville, Indiana; 1895 rail bridge turned walking bridge in 2013
My Old Kentucky Home State Park
Bardstown; Federal Hill, the Rowan mansion of 1818 tied to Stephen Foster's song, built by enslaved labor
Cave Hill Cemetery
701 Baxter Avenue; 296-acre Victorian garden cemetery and arboretum, with Muhammad Ali's grave
Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory
800 W. Main Street; bat museum and working factory, behind a 120-foot steel bat at the door
Muhammad Ali Center
Downtown on Main Street; six-story museum of Ali's life and principles, founded by Ali and opened in 2005
Louisville Waterfront Park
Ohio River; 85-acre riverfront park on old industrial land, with a seated Lincoln memorial
Bardstown Historic District
Bardstown; Federal and Georgian town settled in 1780, known as the Bourbon Capital of the World
Areas
Downtown · Waterfront · Old Louisville · Churchill Downs and South · Highlands · Bardstown · Loretto · Frankfort
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