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Traveling east from the starting point to the route will take you along the scenic bluffs of the Mississippi River shoreline. This tour will travel along the border of the Kentucky in Hickman at the Mississippi River in far western Kentucky to the South Shore at the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky.

This tour through the heart of Kentucky begins in the foothills of the Appalachians at the Kentucky-Tennessee border and travels through the famed Bluegrass Region.

The Midland tour takes you west to east across the center of Kentucky. You’ll begin at Land Between the Lakes, a World Biosphere Reserve. Attractions include the Woodlands Nature Center and Homeplace-1850. Cadiz, near the shores of Lake Barkley, features the Woods & Wetlands Wildlife Center with a huge aquarium and walk-through wildlife park. Lake Barkley State Resort Park offers outstanding views of the lake.

The Southern Lakes route roughly follows the Kentucky - Tennessee border from west to east, passing by some of the best outdoor recreational areas in the eastern U.S.

The Central Heartlands tour begins near the Tennessee border at Dale Hollow Lake, a beautiful resort lake nestled in the Cumberland foothills. The fi shing is great here! You can also enjoy boating and scuba diving.

Your tour begins riding through rolling country-side to Franklin. The downtown historic district includes the Simpson County Archives & Museum in the old jail and jailer’s residence, with wall drawings left by Civil War soldiers held prisoner here. A highlight of this tour is Mammoth Cave National Park. The park and surrounding area comprise the world’s most extensive cave region. Mammoth Cave, with more than 345 miles of explored passageways, is the longest known cave system in the world! This World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve supports several species of rare animal life and many types of cave formations, with the formative process still active.

The Kentucky section of this national trail is more than 600 miles long. It runs west to east though the center of the state from rural Crittenden County at the Ohio River to the mountainous Pike County.

The Mississippi River Trail is a ten state bike route that will offer over 3000 miles of bicycling adventure. Stretching from the headwaters in Itasca, Minnesota to St. Genevieve, Missouri to New Orleans, Louisiana the MRT will go through portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Each state will have portions of the route that weaves its way down the river into the Crescent City.

The Underground Railroad Bicycle Route honors the bravery of those who fled bondage and those who provided shelter. The Kentucky part of the Underground Railroad Bike Tour follows the paths taken by slaves escaping from states further south and from Kentucky into the free states north of the Ohio River. It begins at the Tennessee border on The Trace running northward up to and northeastward along the Ohio River before crossing into Indiana at Brandenburg. It reemerges into Kentucky at Milton passing eastward through Northern Kentucky before leaving Kentucky in Maysville to continue on through Ohio. Among the historic areas closely associated with the Underground Railroad along or near Kentucky's parts of the route are the National Underground Railroad Museum in Maysville and Augusta which contains many sites important to the Underground Railroad.

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