Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway is a State Scenic Byway in Kentucky. Within Kentucky it covers roughly 4 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway is a Kentucky state byway made up of three unconnected sections through the lake country of south-central Kentucky. One stretch runs on Highway 90 from Burkesville to Monticello around the southern end of Lake Cumberland State Resort Park, while another follows Highway 235 from the Lake Cumberland Wildlife Management Area to Mill Springs, the site of an early and decisive Union victory in the Civil War. The byway takes its name from the wave of early settlers who passed through the Cumberland Gap and put down roots in this part of the state, leaving behind distinctive architecture, dialects, and mining and railroad history still visible in small towns along the route. Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow Lake, and the Green River, all created for flood control, now anchor a recreation economy of boating, fishing, and rafting. Because the route is broken into disconnected pieces, it's best treated as several short scenic detours rather than one continuous drive.
- three unconnected sections, south-central Kentucky
- Lake Cumberland State Resort Park
- Mill Springs Civil War battlefield
- Dale Hollow Lake & Green River
- early Cumberland Gap settler heritage
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Where to Stay along Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
No campgrounds are listed close to Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway yet, but there are rooms near the route.
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