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What does anyone know about Richmond, KY? Is anyone from there? Live there? Family there? What is there to do? What is the drive like to other major cities? Lexington/Cincinnati/Knoxville? What other cities are nearby? Theme parks? etc.
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I live in Lexington, but attended school at Eastern Kentucky University there, advise the Theta chapter at EKU, and am founding president of the Richmond, KY Alumnae Chapter for Theta.
Honestly, in Richmond itself there is not much to do under the age of 21, since they have since changed to law making all bars 21 and over. There is a decent winery on the outskirts of Richmond, Acres of Land if you enjoy that sort of thing. If you are willing to drive about an extra 15 minutes south of Richmond, you will come to Berea which has a large arts & crafts community that is open year round.
YOu can usually get to Lexington from Richmond in about 20 minutes but your time will depend on where in Lexington you are wanting to go and what time of day you plan to go. Lexington has lots of shopping & eating. Ofcourse the University of Kentucky is in Lexington, so there is seasonal UK basketball & football. Rupp Arena/Lexington Center is right downtown and this is where major concerts/events take place. Lexington also has a couple of it's own wineries and some wineries in Nicholasville, KY (10 minutes away). There are several bars/clubs downtown Lexington, but you have to be 21 to get in and Lexington has a city wide smoking ban. There are horse farm tours all the time in and around Lexington. There is the Red Mile Race Track which handles harness racing and Keeneland Racetrack which is thoroughbred racing (and quite the hang out to see and be seen during the Spring & Fall meets). If you like sports bars/pubs with great food & atmosphere I highly recommend Shamrock's Irish Bar & Grill off Richmond Rd. in the Patchen Square. They have the best burgers & veggie burgers in town, great place to watch sports, throw darts, live music on Friday & Saturday nights, and they have a large outdoor seasonal patio. They also have trivia sometimes during the week. Lexington also has a year round ice skating rink and the only one in the area.
As far as theme parks, there is Kentucky Kingdom which is in Louisville (approximately 90 minutes from Richmond) but I dont recommend it at all. Louisville also has a small zoo, and USUALLY all major concerts will come through "The Ville." Almost all attractions in LOuisville are fairly easy to get to as they are usually in venues that are right off all of the major highways. Eating is just as good in The Ville but the shopping is better.
If you are in to bourbon, or just like taking tours, I would highly recommend to you the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. This will include all major Kentucky Bourbon factories/companies between Lexington & Louisville and includes: Woodford Reserve, Wild Turkey, Four Roses, Ancient Age, & Maker's Mark (and maybe one or two others). They do give you one free shot of their bourbon at the end of each tour. I would recommend doing this though in late spring/early summer when everything is green and pretty.
Richmond is about 90 minutes to 2 hours away from Knoxville, TN.
The best theme park that is the closest would be Kings Island. This is on the outskirts of Northern Cincinatti, OH. They also have their own waterpark that is decent for a half a day. The Beach waterpark is nearby Kings Island as is Great Wolf Lodge which is a year round indoor waterpark/resort. Cincinatti also has a decent zoo and lots of other things to do in the area. Kings Island is probably about 2 hours away from Richmond, maybe 2.5 hours. Getting there depends on traffic in northern Kentucky and in the Cincinatti area.
Hope this helps!
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