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id: "2127"
name: US 68 Scenic Byway
distance: "104"
duration: 3 hours
description: "This byway crosses 10 counties from Marion County in central Kentucky northeast through Lexington and Maysville to the state line. Attractions include Old Fort Harrod State Park, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, and Blue Licks Battlefield State Park."
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designations: 
  - Kentucky State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - KY
ll: 
  - -84.49990100000002
  - 38.04893900000002
bounds: 
  - - -88.508263
    - 36.77050000000003
  - - -84.49990100000002
    - 38.04893900000002

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This route takes you through Kentucky's Bluegrass region.  It follows what was first a buffalo trace, and then a 1800s Shaker road.  The road follows rolling hills, and scenic pastures highlighted by miles and miles of black and white planked fences, horse barns that look like mansions, and tobacco fields.  Another notable feature of the area is the limestone rock fences built by Irish stone masons in the mid 1800s.  