Travel Guide to Kentucky's Country Music Highway on U.S. 23.

The Country Music Highway is a 144 mile stretch of U.S. 23 in Eastern Kentucky. The highway crosses seven counties and represents the unusually high number of country musicians from the region. The artists featured on the highway include Billy Ray Cyrus, Ricky Skaggs, Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, Sundy Best, Dwight Yoakam, Josh Osborne, Tom T. Hall, and Keith Whitley.

Speaking of and about our tourism industryalong the Country Music Highway and the adjacent region of Eastern Kentucky.

Speaking of and about the tourism industry along The Country ;Music Highway and adjacent region of Eastern Kentucky.

Slow Travels-Kentucky explores four highway routes through the Bluegrass State. U.S. Highway 25 travels from Covington to the Cumberland Gap, retracing parts of the Wilderness Road and Daniel Boone's Trace. U.S. Highway 31W travels the important Louisville-Nashville Road from Louisville through Bowling Green. U.S. Highway 41 explores the Pennyrile section of the state, from Henderson and Owensboro to the Tennessee Line. Finally, U.S. Highway 68 travels the width of the state, from the Ohio River opposite the state of Ohio, to Paducah. Come explore the rich history of the pioneers as they settled this territory with our guide to historic points of interest along these highways.