KY Great River Road Region 4.01

A National Scenic Byway, the Kentucky Great River Road gives travelers a distinct, educational, and timeless view of America’s longest, most scenic north-south highway. Side by side and decade after decade, the “Father of all Waters”—the mighty Mississippi—and the “Grandfather of all Byways”—the Great River Road—bring more people together with their history, culture and natural worlds than any other North American River, and where a certified site on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail can be found at Columbus-Belmont State Park - the authentic location of “ The Gibraltar of the West”.