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template: byway.jade
id: "2567"
name: Country Music Highway
distance: "144.1"
duration: Two to three hours to drive or two days to enjoy the byway
description: "The Country Music Highway is Eastern Kentucky's heritage route. The sites and sounds along the byway capture all aspects of the region's history, including Native American culture, pioneer settlement, coal mining, country music, crafts, architecture, the Civil War, and natural resources."
contact: "**Southern & Eastern KY Tourism Development Association**  \r\n 606-677-6095  "
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.countrymusichighway.com/"
    name: Country Music Highway Information Guide
  - url: "http://elkhorncityrrm.tripod.com/index.htm"
    name: Elkhorn City Railroad Museum
  - url: "http://www.kyfestivals.com/"
    name: Kentucky Festivals
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Kentucky State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - KY
ll: 
  - -82.80304000000001
  - 37.11111800000009
bounds: 
  - - -82.84262799999993
    - 37.11106100000001
  - - -82.504707
    - 38.57722100000001

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The Country Music Highway is Eastern Kentucky's heritage route. The sites and sounds along the byway capture all aspects of the region's history, including Native American culture, pioneer settlement, coal mining, country music, crafts, architecture, the Civil War, and natural resources.