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What is there to see and do along I-64 from St. Louis, MO to Williamsburg, VA?

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Greenbrier Resort

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The Greenbrier | America's Resort since 1778.

West Virginia I-64 near WV Virginia State Line

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The Homestead

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from St. Louis, MO to Williamsburg, VA?

The Homestead in Hot Springs Virginia

About 30 minute drive from Convington Va
North on Route 220 - Virginia Interstate 64

The Homestead

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Monticello

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Monticello - The Home of Thomas Jefferson - Virginia

931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway - Charlottesville, VA 22902
Just Off I-64 in beautiful Virginia - 110 miles from Williamsburg

Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson

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The New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia


The New River Gorge Bridge

is located on U. S. Route 19,
just north of Fayetteville, WV.

It is easily reached from Interstates: I-64,
77, & 79 and U. S. Route 60 (Midland Trail).

It is approximately 30 minutes north of Beckley, 70 minutes
east of Charleston, and 70 minutes south of Interstate 79.

The New River, WV Convention and Visitors Bureau

New River Gorge NR - New River Gorge Bridge

876 feet is the height of the famous New River Gorge Bridge.
Be sure to hike/walk up/down to the bottom and back

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Hawks Nest State Park, West Virginia State Park

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You can stop in Lexington, VA and visit my old alma mater Washington & Lee University. Robert E. Lee is buried in the Chapel. I believe they have refurbished the museum in the basement. Next door is VMI, which also has a museum. Stonewall Jackson is buried in Lexington. Further east is Charlottesville and the University of Virginia, and then Richmond.

Just be glad you no longer have to drive on US 60 through West Virginia, as I did in the '70s when traveling between my home in Missouri and W&L.

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kings Dominion is just at the out skirts of 64.

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When you pass by Frankfort, KY you can stop by to see Rita & I, if we are in session. Rumor is that the Gov will call a special session in June, but no one knows quite what date.

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What is there to see and do along I-64 from St. Louis, MO to Williamsburg, VA?

We just did that trip this past week, well to/from Iowa catching 64 in Louisville I think it was. Anyway, on our return trip, we planned a day touring the Kentucky distilleries (Marker's Mark, Heaven Hill and Jim Beam) and really enjoyed it. They are a bit off the beaten path (about an hour or so from I64) but well worth it if you have the time.

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What is there to see and do along I-64 from St. Louis, MO to Williamsburg, VA?

Are there particular things you have an interest in? Cycling, camping, cultural, fishing, rock climbing, wine country…

How far off I-64 would you want to run?

For an idea of where I’m coming from, check Adventure Illinois! Southern Illinois Tourism Development Office
I-64

Of my searches, I offer this to you. It is a messed up list. I can't take time to organize it any better.
Some are within reach of I-64.

HAVE FUN SEARCHING AND READING.
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ILLINOUS
Rim Rock Recreation Trail
Pounds Hollow Lake
Garden of the Gods
Shawnee National Forest
Shawnee National Forest
Shawnee Stone Forts
River To River Trail
American Discovery Trail

Shawnee Hills Scenic Byway
Ohio River Scenic Byway

Ohio River Shawnee Queen River Taxi
Lusk Creek
One Horse Gap

INDIANA
Indiana
Madison
Lanier Mansion State Historic Site.
Visit Madison Vineyards,
Hike Clifty Falls State Park,
Ohio River Scenic Byway
Hillforest Mansion,
Coyote Creek Farms. Rising Sun.

Brown County Getaway (Nashville)
Go IU! (Bedford, Bloomington, & Mitchell)
Just the Two of Us (Bristow, Evansville, New Harmony, & Saint Meinrad)
Learn A Little - Shop A Lot (Columbus & Edinburgh)
Romantic River (Madison)
Wine Trails
Wine trail: Indiana Uplands Wine Trail
Splashin’ Safari, Indiana’s largest waterpark.
Charlestown State Park
Harrison Crawford State Forest

Attraction
Hiking: Shawnee Forest More hiking Mountain Biking River to River Trail Bicycling: Tunnel Hill Peddles and Paddles

Bird Watching - Southernmost Illinois Birding Festival April 27-29, 2007
Canoeing - Peddles and Paddles Southern Illinois CanoeingLower Cache River Canoe Trail

Horseback Riding - Lake Glendale Stables Dixon Springs Honey Bee Stables

High Knob 4 mile hike (River To River Trail)

Camp Cadiz 4 mile hike (River to River Trail)
Cave In Rock

Hardin County Attractions
Ohio River Free Ferry to Amish Country
Amish Country
Glen O Jones Lake
Tecumseh Memorial
Trail of Tears - Mantle Rock, Kentucky
Trail of Tears - Golconda, Illinois

Rose Hotel Historical Site

Old Slave House Still not open, but they are working on it.

Iron Furnace
Old Stone Face

San Damiano

Tower Rock

Pioneer Village Harrisburg

Wineries Map Shawnee Wine Trail Shawnee Winery

Fluorspar and Mineral Museum - Rosiclare, Illinois
Fluorspar and Mineral Museum - Marion, Kentucky

Festivals and Events:
Farmer's Market - Golconda Sat morning April - Sept
Elizabethtown Thur evening May - Sept 4:30 - 7:00
Tractor Show - Golconda April 14, 2007
Quilt Show - Paducah, Kentucky - April 25-28, 2007
Barbeque & Blues - Golconda - May 19, 2007
Riverfront Festival - Paducah May - September
Barbeque & Fun - Elizabethtown Smiley Club Fund Raiser - Memorial & Labor Day Weekends
Elizabethtown Homecoming Festival June 30, 2007
Heritage Festival - Elizabethtown Aug 10-11,2007
Shrimp Festival - Golconda September 15, 2007
Frontier Days -Cave-in-Rock - September 22, 2007
Cave-in-Rock Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show (on the banks of the Ohio River - September 22, 2007
Flurospar Festival - Rosiclare October 4-6, 2007
Rosiclare Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show (on the banks of the Ohio River - October 6, 2007
Fall Festival - Golconda - October 14, 2007
Deer Festival - Golconda - November 15-18, 2007

Dixon Springs State Park Chocolate Factory at Dixon Springs

Metropolis: Harrah's Riverboat GamblingFort MassacSuperman Store Superman Celebration June 7-10, 2007

Local Artisans, Antiques and Gifts
Backporch Baskets at Karbers Ridge
Briarbank Ridge at Kargers Ridge
Ole Heritage Shoppes at Elizabethtown, Illinois
Roseclare Antique and Crafts at Rosiclare, Illinois
Antiques at Marion, Kentucky
Antiques at Eldorado, Illinois
Antiques at Harrisburg, Illinois

Flowers, Plants & Herbs and gifts
Extraordinary finds at Gillin's Country Gardens West of Elizabethtown on 146 and Amish Country in Kentucky - well worth the trip. Also multiple Amish nurseries across river in Kentucky. Beautiful, well cared for plants as well as reasonable prices.


Theme & Water Parks: Eddyville, Ky Venture River
Santa Claus, In Holiday World

Cave in Rock

Rosiclare

Elizabethtown

Eldorado

Marion, Kentucky

Harrisburg

Golconda

Paducah Quilt Museum

Fort Massac

Paducah Quilt Show

Paducah River Front

Meremet Springs Scuba Diving

Little Sturgis Bike Rally

Hog Rock

Old Shawneetown

Lake of Egypt

Evansville, Indiana

St. Louis, Missouri



KENTUCKY
Kentucky Department of Tourism - Home

In the spring and summer of 2007, repairs will be made to I-64 along Louisville's Riverfront, between Third Street and 22nd Street for approximately 30 days beginning Thursday July 5, re-opening Monday August 6.

Kentucky has an Interest Finder. Kentucky Department of Tourism - Interest Finder
Sites to See
Bluegrass Region
This beautiful region may be all about horses, with racetracks, 450 thoroughbred farms and a world-class park to prove it, but it also reeks of history and culture. Daniel Boone founded a settlement here; Bourbon was invented here, and Berea is at the center of a rich folk art tradition that dates back several centuries.
Major Cities: Lexington, Richmond
Major Roads: I-75 & I-64

Bluegrass, Blues & Barbecue
The musical styles of bluegrass and blues merge here, as the region was the birthplace of the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe (Rosine) and home for a while to the Father of the Blues, W.C. Handy (Henderson.) And should you wonder about the third part of the region's equation - barbecue - you need look no further than the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn, an Owensboro landmark.
Major Cites: Henderson, Owensboro, Madisonville
Major Roads: William Natcher Parkway

Caves, Lakes, & Corvettes
This region sits atop a number of caves and caverns as well as the world's longest explored cave system at Mammoth Cave National Park. The Green and Nolin Rivers also reside here. Don’t forget to check out the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green and marvel at America's original sports car.
Major Cites: Bowling Green, Cave City
Major Roads: I-65

Daniel Boone Country
This is the home of The Daniel Boone National Forest. On the Virginia border, the Cumberland Gap remains as majestic as ever, as do the canyons of the Red River Gorge and Natural Bridge's sandstone arches. This is home to both the "Grand Canyon of the South," at Breaks Interstate Park and the "Grand Ole Opry of Kentucky," at Renfro Valley.
Major Cites: London, Harlan
Major Roads: I-75

Kentucky Appalachians
The Hatfields and McCoys may have once kept the area hopping during their legendary feud, but today all is quiet along the Appalachian front. This is the region where a brave pioneer woman, Jenny Wiley, gained icon status, and a pioneer of another kind, Loretta Lynn, started on her road to country music legend. A region whose beauty is as timeless as the mountains that define it.
Major Cites: Ashland, Prestonsburg
Major Roads: I-64

Kentucky’s Derby Region
"The most exciting two minutes in sports," otherwise known as the Kentucky Derby; birthplace of the nation's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln; Kentucky's best bourbon distilleries and Fort Knox, the nation's gold depository; the commonwealth's largest urban area - dynamic Louisville.
Major Cites: Louisville, Elizabethtown
Major Roads: I-65, I-64 & I-71

Northern Kentucky River Region
Historically, this is one of Kentucky's most important areas. Located just south of the Ohio River, the actual dividing line between North and South, and the Mason-Dixon Line. The Northern Kentucky River Region was key in the movement of slaves to freedom in Ohio, and many of the region's towns were important stops on the Underground Railroad.
Major Cites: Covington
Major Roads: I-75 & I-71

Southern Lakes
Skim over some of the most pristine lakes in the country (with 63,000 acres of water, it is easy to do) or take a train ride through spectacular gorges along the Big South Fork River. Finally, marvel at the cascading water at Cumberland Falls, and make sure you're there during a full moon to see the only moonbow in the Northern Hemisphere.
Major Cites: Jamestown, Somerset
Major Roads: Louie Nunn Parkway
Interest Finder | Brochures & Maps
Western Waterlands
Kentucky's Western Waterlands region hosts two of the largest man-made lakes in the country. The lakes, coupled with the four rivers that flow here - the Ohio, Cumberland, Mississippi and Tennessee - makes the region a mecca for water sports of all kinds. And don’t forget about the 170,000-acre Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area.
Major Cites: Paducah, Hopkinsville
Major Roads: I-24

WEST VIRGINIA

New River Gorge National River.

Paddle or raft the Cheat River.

Since coal mining started its big decline in the 1980s, the state has been spared from heavy development and sprawl. And with 4,000-foot mountains, thundering rivers, 45 inches of precipitation per year, some of the best crags in the country, and miles and miles of rooty, rocky singletrack, it's beginning to enjoy a new cachet as a recreational oasis.
The 910,155-acre Monongahela National Forest ("the Mon" to locals), which includes the Otter Creek, Dolly Sods, Cranberry, and Laurel Fork wilderness areas and takes up practically the entire eastern third of the state? Perhaps West Virginia has been misunderstood because of its rustic personality.

Discover the bountiful New River/Greenbrier Valley Region.
The rich natural resources of the New River/Greenbrier Valley have beckoned and rewarded explorers as far back as human memory reaches. Today these same rivers, forests, springs and mountains offer new treasures to a new generation of explorers. Each year, the region's rivers float whitewater rafters, while rock climbers scale the walls of the ancient New River Gorge. Throughout the New River/Greenbrier Valley, miles and miles of trails lead hikers, bikers and horseback riders beside sparkling streams, past history-rich abandoned mining towns, out to spectacular scenic overlooks and into charming villages. Anglers and hunters find plentiful fish and game in wildlife management areas and state forests. And some of West Virginia's most beautiful state and national parklands are here. Enrich your senses at Tamarack, an extraordinary arts center near Beckley. Dig into coal mining history in towns throughout the region. Discover art, antiques and adventurous cuisine in Lewisburg. Succumb to the pampering at The Greenbrier, West Virginia's world-renowned spa.

VIRGINIA
Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

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What a list Resort2Me Thanks

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I have the http links to a lot of that stuff, in a MS Word file. How do I get it all to you, to where you can just click on the links? Twould save you much inputting.

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I could attempt sending the list to you as an attachment, if I had your email address.

Robert