“There is a rich heritage of community events in Wilmore and the surrounding areas.”
Area Attractions
The Bluegrass is filled with eclectic attractions! From universities, horses, and historic sites, to sports, outdoor activities, and galleries, you can find a myriad of attractions that fit your tastes.
High Bridge Park: built in 1877, High Bridge was the highest railroad trestle in the world and considered an engineering marvel of its time; still in heavy use today.
Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park & National Cemetery – the nation’s third largest recruiting and training camp and hospital facilities for African-America soldiers during the Civil War; also a refugee camp where wives and children of the soldiers were educated and cared for.
Cane Ridge Meeting House – site in 1801 of one of the landmark events of the Second Great Awakening, it “…arguably remains the most important religious gatherings in all of American history.” - Paul Conkin, Cane Ridge: America’s Pentecost
Perryville Historic Battlefield State Historic Site - Oct.8, 1862, site of the largest Civil War battles in Ky.; one of the most pristine battlefields in the nation
