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Oldham County is Authentic Kentucky in One Destination

25 minutes from downtown Louisville

70 minutes from the Ark Encounter

Eastern Time Zone

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Plan to STAY with us – just outside the city and SAVE with our LOW hotel room taxes!  With all Hotels being on I-71 at Exit 22, Oldham County has become a favorite overnight destination for those wanting to stay outside Louisville, especially those making regular trips to The Ark Encounter.

As a matter of fact, we often include Louisville’s iconic attractions in our itineraries, too! Have you visited the NEW Roots 101 Museum? Have you heard about the Unfiltered Truth Collection? If not, you should have us add them to your Oldham County Group Itinerary!

Bourbon, Horses, Trains & Underground Railroad History

 here in the

Farm Tour Capital of Kentucky

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Oldham County is the PERFECT Hub & Spoke destination! We are KNOWN for our small town value, REFERRED for our attention to detail & Perks, and LOVED for our BIG Kentucky attractions. And as a matter of fact, Oldham County has 10 attractions that you’ll find in ONE PLACE in Kentucky – Only in Oldham!

Underground Railroad History

Designations by the National Park Service Network to Freedom

Here in Oldham County, we are well-known for our Underground Railroad programs! Our Underground Railroad History is recognized by two designations by the National Park Service Network to Freedom – one being the ONLY Archives designation in Kentucky!

Oldham County KY black trailblazers were important to Underground Railroad history. Through our history programs we celebrate and recognize abolitionist and enslaved Henry Bibb, Union Soldier Alex Beaumont, and enslaved mother Eliza Brooks. Learn about these black trailblazers, as well as Oldham County’s Delia Webster, the first woman in Kentucky to be imprisoned for being a Conductor on the Underground Railroad.

Oldham’s Lunch & Learn on the Underground Railroad

A Perk only available through the Oldham County Tourism office in collaboration with our History Center, we incorporate a homemade Kentucky Comfort Foods buffet while we learn from the author of “A Tour on the Underground Railroad on the Ohio River,” Dr. Nancy Theiss, then tour a slaveowner’s parlor. *Available for Lunch or Dinner

NEW Underground Railroad Tours in 2024!

The Oldham County Tourism office is excited to present two cemeteries available for private group tours through a collaboration of the Tourism Office and the Oldham County History Center!

Historic Pewee Valley Cemetery Tour

A fascinating private cemetery with Little Colonel history, southern antebellum history, and Underground Railroad history – all in Kentucky’s only recognized true Confederate Cemetery

Historic African American Cemetery Tour

A pre-Civil War thru current time cemetery tour by candlelight to learn about Oldham County’s Underground Railroad history through the actual lives of its people. *This is the perfect addition to an afternoon tour with our Kentucky Comfort Foods buffet dinner, and speaker.

More Interactive History

The Victorian Bar Room

The perfect interactive TOUR of the cocktail scene of the mid 19th Century and the mixology that went with it, held inside our historic Gatewood Pharmacy. *Includes period cocktail sampling!

Beneath the Layers LIVE

A history strip tease! Our fashion historians take you through the layers of clothing, piece by piece, that women and men were wearing in early Oldham County when the railroad came through. Choose male or female.

More Reasons to Stay in Oldham County

Oldham County is also home to Craft Bourbon Tours & Tastings, Old-Fashioned Cocktail Classes with horses, 13 different Farm Tours (5 are horse farms), a gorgeous, easily accessible Botanical Gardens, and a very walkable , Mayberry-esque historic Main Street shopping and dining district!   Read about Oldham County’s contributions to the Kentucky Derby – we can include these in your Oldham County Group Itinerary!

Oldham County – as seen on HGTV

The Oldham County town of La Grange was featured in the HGTV series, “Home Town Kick Start” that premiered April 24th, 2022. We always include time on Main Street in La Grange where you’ll find shopping & dining as part of our most Oldham County Group Tour Itineraries!

NOTE:  As with all small towns, a tour group beyond the normal local crowd can catch small restaurants and shops off guard, and we don’t want that to happen to you! Be sure to chat with Kim Hydes, Executive Director of Oldham County Tourism (below), for help booking your visits to La Grange to ensure that your time with us is FABULOUS!  Keep in mind that many mom-and-pop shops and restaurants in Kentucky are closed on Sundays and Mondays.

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