Horses, Hills & Hot Coffee
Seven stops through horse farm country and the Bourbon Capital of the World -- the most Kentucky day you can have in October.
7 stops · Suggested window: October 28 - Nov 7th
Bluegrass, Horses, Bourbon, and Boone / Bourbon, Horses, & History · Earn 100 XP and a badge for completing this route
The Bluegrass doesn't do red maples and sourwood like Eastern Kentucky does. What it does is turn golden -- horse farm pastures, sycamore-lined creeks, rolling hills going amber under October light. Stone fences built two centuries ago run alongside roads that smell like woodsmoke and bourbon mash in the fall. Start in Versailles at The Amsden, one of the most-visited shops on the Kentucky Coffee Trail. Take US-68 through Keene -- horse farms on both sides, the real thing -- then work your way south through Wilmore, Lawrenceburg, and Springfield on back roads that see almost no traffic. KY-555 through Mackville is the hidden road on this route. Remember it. Finish in Bardstown with two trail shops in the Bourbon Capital of the World. The color peaks late here -- plan for the last two weeks of October for the best show.
Your stops, in order
- 1Directions to this stop
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- 3Directions to this stopBig Jack's Coffeehouse & Cafe
Lawrenceburg
1004 West Park Drive, Lawrenceburg, KY, United States, 40342
- 4Directions to this stop
- 5Directions to this stopShortcrust Coffee and Pastry Bar
Bloomfield
114 Fairfield Hill Rd., Bloomfield, KY, United States, Kentucky
- 6Directions to this stop
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Check in at each shop using your usual passport check-in. You don’t need to save a trip for qualifying visits to count.