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template: byway.jade
id: "2566"
name: Wilderness Road Heritage Highway
distance: "93.8"
duration: Two hours to drive or two days to visit places along the way
description: "The Wilderness Road Heritage Highway is an important historic route and was crucial in the West's settlement and during the Civil War. Today places like Cumberland Gap National Historic Park preserve that history. The route also leads to Renfro Valley, the famous country music venue, as well as Berea, Kentucky's crafts capitol."
contact: "**Southern & Eastern KY Tourism Development Association**  \r\n 606-677-6095  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/boone/"
    name: Daniel Boone National Forest
  - url: "http://www.kaht.net"
    name: Kentucky Artisan Heritage Trails
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Kentucky Heritage Highway
states: 
  - KY
ll: 
  - -83.67597199999994
  - 36.59809899999999
bounds: 
  - - -84.34053799999998
    - 36.59809899999999
  - - -83.67597199999994
    - 37.568539000000044

---

The Wilderness Road Heritage Highway is an important historic route and was crucial in the West's settlement and during the Civil War. Today places like Cumberland Gap National Historic Park preserve that history. The route also leads to Renfro Valley, the famous country music venue, as well as Berea, Kentucky's crafts capitol.