Bluegrass Region
The Bluegrass Region is perhaps Kentucky's most famous region, if not its most visited. This bucolic region is named for the coveted grass that suburban homeowners slave to get to grow on their lawns throughout the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Frankfort and Lexington.
Frankfort
Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky. Downtown Frankfort is characterized by charismatic, old-fashioned, antebellum style buildings holding shops, cafes, restaurants and museums.
Lexington
Lexington is the second largest city in Kentucky, located in the Bluegrass Region. Known as the Horse Capital of the World, Lexington has traditionally been dominated by the horse industry and is also heavily influenced by the University of Kentucky, the state's flagship university and the largest employer in the city.
Richmond
Photo: FloNight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Richmond is a city in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, about 30 miles south of Lexington. The county seat of Madison County, Richmond is best known as the home of Eastern Kentucky University.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Paris and Nicholasville.
Paris
Photo: Spiritrock4u, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paris is a home rule-class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and the county seat. It lies 18 miles northeast of Lexington on the Stoner Fork of the Licking River.
Nicholasville
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Nicholasville is a city of 31,000 in Jessamine County in the Bluegrass Region. The city serves as both a residential area for Lexington-area commuters and as an employment and shopping center for central Kentucky.
Danville
Photo: FloNight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Danville is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 17,236 at the 2020 census. Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of the Boyle and Lincoln counties.
Harrodsburg
Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 9,064 at the 2020 census. Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the Virginia House of Burgesses after Boonesborough and was not incorporated by the Kentucky legislature until 1836, it was honored by President Franklin D.
Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg is a town in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, near Frankfort. It is home to the Wild Turkey Distillery.
Berea
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Berea is a small city in Kentucky's Bluegrass Region in southern Madison County about 15 miles south of Richmond and 45 miles south of Lexington. The community has experienced major population growth: 38% from 2000 to 2010, and 16% to 2018.
Mount Sterling
Photo: Publichall, Public domain.
Mount Sterling is a city in Kentucky. While it lies within the state tourism region known as the Kentucky Appalachians, it is locally considered part of the Bluegrass region, which covers a noticeably larger area than the state-defined tourism region of that name.
Midway
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Midway is a small city in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky in the northern section of Woodford County half way between the cities of Lexington and Frankfort.
Bluegrass Region
- Type: region
- Description: geographic region in the state of Kentucky, United States
- Also known as: “Bluegrass” and “Bluegrass region”
- Location: Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
38° northLongitude of center
-84.5° or 84° 30′ westWikidata ID
Q2748425
This page is based on Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Bluegrass Region from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Bluegrass Region” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة بلوغراس”
- Central Kurdish: “ھەرێمی بلووگراس”
- Chinese: “蓝草地区”
- Chinese: “藍草地區”
- Dutch: “Bluegrass-regio”
- Finnish: “Bluegrass”
- French: “Bluegrass region”
- French: “région du Bluegrass”
- Galician: “rexión de Bluegrass”
- German: “Bluegrass Region”
- Hebrew: “בלוגראס”
- Italian: “Bluegrass Region”
- Italian: “regione del Bluegrass”
- Japanese: “ブルーグラス地域”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bluegrass”
- Norwegian: “Bluegrass”
- Portuguese: “Região de Bluegrass”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bluegrass”
- Spanish: “región de Bluegrass”
- Spanish: “Región de Bluegrass”
- Swedish: “Bluegrass”
- Swedish: “Bluegrassregionen”
Kentucky: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Louisville, Bowling Green, Owensboro, and Covington.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bluegrass Region”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.