About Knob Creek Tavern Visitor Center
Located at the Kentucky Boyhood Home at Knob Creek Unit.
Hodgenville, Kentucky · Larue County · Visitor Center
Located at the Kentucky Boyhood Home at Knob Creek Unit.
Located at the Kentucky Boyhood Home at Knob Creek Unit.
From Lexington, KY: Take US 60 West to Exit 72 (Martha Layne Collins / Bluegrass Parkway). Proceed on Bluegrass Parkway to Exit 21 (Bardstown, US 31E). Follow US 31E South for approximately 20 miles; entrance on right. From Louisville, KY: Take Interstate 65 South to Exit 91 (Elizabethtown). Follow KY 61 (Lincoln Parkway) approximately 10 miles south. Turn left onto KY 84. Turn left onto US 31E. Proceed northeast for approximately 8 miles; entrance on left. From South: Take Interstate 65 North to Exit 91
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