Country Music Highway

This sign welcomes visitors to the home of Loretta Lynn and the birthplace of Crystal Gayle.

Houseboats make port at Dewey Lake on Millionaire's Row at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park.

The Butcher "Holler" boulder points the way between two paths in the woods.

A lone driver approaches a curve through tree-covered, rounded mountains on Highway 23, the Country Music Highway, near Pikeville, Kentucky.

Mountain shadows fall across Highway 23.

Highway 23 cuts through tree-covered hills.

Highway 23 cuts through a formed hillside.

Two vehicles pass each other near a curve through tree-covered, rounded mountains on Highway 23, the Country Music Highway, near Pikeville, Kentucky.

This stately three-story red brick home belonged to a coal baron.

Shadows fall across path to the stately front door of this imposing home.

Signs alongside this gravel road point the way to Butcher Hollow.

The bright red roofs and crisp white walls of the buildings on this farm make it stand out against the deep greens of a summer's day in eastern Kentucky.

The Kentucky Highlands Museum is right on the road in Ashland.

The Kentucky Highlands Museum is right on the road in Ashland.

Log structures and patriotic ornamentation greet visitors to the Mountain Home Cultural Center on a bright summer's day.

This painted gray rock points the way to Butcher "Holler" of Loretta Lynn fame.

Two roadsigns alert visitors to local attractions: the birthplace of Paul E. Patton, and the Country Music Highway.

An old-fashioned country store stands by the roadside in Van Lear.

An old-fashioned country store stands by the roadside in Van Lear.

The driveway trails away through the woods surrounding Loretta Lynn's house.

A visitor walks away from Loretta Lynn's old home on a rainy day.

Jenkins cut-through is the site of a major geological study.

Find this stone at the mouth of Butcher Hollow, Van Lear.

This cabin and pioneer farm show what the country is all about.

The seats of the Mountain Arts Center performance auditorium face the stage awaiting a performance.

Kentucky's Country Music Highway receives their designation plaque at the Designation 2002 event at Union Station in Washington DC.

The old home and birthplace of Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle stands out against bright green trees.

The main house, a well, and several outbuildings remain at the original homestead where country music stars Crystal Gayle and Loretta Lynn were born.

In Van Lear, this white sign (of a very familiar shape) points the way to Loretta Lynn's old home.

Visitors to the Highlands Museum and Discovery Center find a wealth of information, memorabilia, and the occasional celebrity within its walls.

Green trees on a hill frame the Jenny Wiley State Resort Park lodge.

This photo shows typical roadcut landscape with coal seams along the Country Music Highway.

You can survey this 1000-foot deep canyon at Breaks Interstate Park.

The Mountain Home Place Visitor Center in Paintsville will welcome travelers.