Country Music Highway

State: Kentucky
Length: 144.1 mi / 231.9 km
Time to Allow: Two to three hours to drive or two days to enjoy the byway

The Country Music Highway is Eastern Kentucky's heritage route. The sites and sounds along the byway capture all aspects of the region's history, including Native American culture, pioneer settlement, coal mining, country music, crafts, architecture, the Civil War, and natural resources.

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  Listen to the Music of the Country Music Highway

  Updated Apr 25, 2013 in The American Experience and What's Happening on America's Byways

  Amidst the farms of Eastern Kentucky, under clear skies watching over thirsty crops, the grassy hills surrounding the Country Music Highway have produced more hit country stars than any other region per capita.

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  Y'all Ready for Some Country?

  Updated Jan 31, 2013 in Famous Americans

  Ya'll ready for some country? A trip down Kentucky's Country Music Highway in a big ol' truck don't get no countrier. Winding through eastern Kentucky, the Country Music Highway passes through the hometowns of country music legends and other important attractions in country music history.

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  2-Day Trip: Country Music Highway Tour
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  Ya'll ready for some country? A trip down Kentucky's Country Music Highway in a big ol' truck don't get no countrier. Winding through eastern...