Lexington Attractions

Lexington is a small (300,000 people) city in central kentucky, heavily influenced by the University of Kentucky which has about 30,000 students.  Major industries include health care, Lexmark (printers), and, nearby, Toyota.  Lexington is the horse farm capital of the world.   Information about Lexington can be found at the Lexington Convention and Visitor's Bureau website.

Some of the nearby sights and things to do:
Kentucky Horse park
Lexington's thoroughbred race track.

The Keeneland summer yearling sale will be going on, so if you want to take a horse home with you ...

Vent Haven Ventriloquism museum

(70 miles North of Lexington)

Woodford Reserve Distillery

See how Kentucky bourbon is made

(20 miles West of Lexington)

See what life was like in

a real Shaker village from 1820

Spectacular natural bridge

(50 miles East)

Raven Run Sanctuary

Great hiking

(15 miles West of Lexington)

Horse farms

and tours

The Ryder Cup golf tournament
Louisville, KY
(80 miles west),
September 15 - 21, 2008.
Headley-Whitney museum Berea, KY

A local center for folk arts and crafts

(30 miles south of Lexington)