Troop Outing Ideas - Think Mileage!

100 to 150 Miles from Downtown Louisville, KY (40202)

Note:  This was created as a Woodbadge project by

Marilyn Fielden Horton SR-438 - Spring 2002 - Louisville, KY.  Your input for additional outing sites is welcomed:  e-mail me at:   mhorton212 (at)yahoo.com

Note:  This page was last updated on 8/28/2008)

Listed in order by mileage from 40202  (downtown Louisville, KY)

(105 miles) Cincinnati, Ohio (I-71 North)

BSA Council is Dan Boone.

(106 miles) Mount Sterling, KY (I-64 east)

BSA Camp McGee.  Bluegrass Council's 1,2000 acre camp.  Borders Daniel Boone National Forest.  Has year-round camping.  Mt Sterling is 28 miles from Lexington, KY.  Mt. Sterling's motto is "where the bluegrass meets the mountains."

(110 miles) - Owensboro, KY

Camp Guenther Hogg, BSA camp (Ky's Shawnee Council).

(113 miles) Indianapolis, IN (I-65 north)

Lots of activities.   

(114 miles) Berea, KY (I-64 south)

Berea College Forest.  5-miles loop in forest maintained by the college.

(121 miles) Bowling Green, KY (I-65 south)

Lost River Cave Boat Tours.

(125 miles) - Henderson, KY

John James Audubon State Park - 692 acres.  6 1/2 miles of trails.  

(126 miles)  Slade, KY

Red River Gorge.  26,000 acres located within the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Natural Bridge State Park Nine trails in park - 1/2 mile to 8-1/2 miles long. 

(129 miles) Anderson, IN

130 miles - Fishers, Indiana (I-65 north)

Conner Prairie - A 1,400-acres site which contains five 19th-century prairie villages.

133 miles - Kettering, OH

(135 miles) Burkesville, KY (I-65 south)

Dale Hollow Lake & State Park.  Reservations required if you want to camp on an island on the lake. 

(136 miles) Morehead, KY  (I-64 east)

(nestled in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest off of I-64)

Morehead State Univ.  (9,000 students).

Cave Run Lake. (8,270 acre lake) in the Daniel Boone National Forest. The Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail also runs near this area. 

(140) Waynesville, Ohio

Caesar Creek State Park which includes Little Miami River & Bike Trail.

150 miles - Nashville, TN

A-Z Index Listing of this page (with mileage locater) ...

Anderson, IN 129 miles

Berea, KY, 114 miles

Bowling Green, KY,

121 miles

BSA Camp Guenther Hogg, 110 miles

BSA Camp McGee, 106 miles

Cave Run Lake - Daniel Boone National Forest,  136 miles

Dale Hollow Lake & Sate Park, 135 miles

Cincinnati, OH, 105 miles

Conner Prairie (Fishers, IN)

Indianapolis IN,

113 miles

Henderson, KY (John James Audubon State Pare), 125 miles

Kettering, OH, 133 miles

Little Miami River & Bike Trail (Ohio), 140 miles

Morehead State Univ, 136 miles

Mount Sterling, KY, 106 miles

Nashville, IN, 180 miles

Nashville, TN 150 miles

Natural Bridge State Park, 126 miles

Owensboro, KY, 110 miles

Red River Gorge, 126 miles

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