Morehead - county seat in Kentucky

Morehead is a small city in the Kentucky Appalachians. It is the home of Morehead State University, one Kentucky's seven public universities.

Understand

The 2010 census puts the population as 6845.

Get in

By car

The city is located on I-64.

Get around

See

Do

• Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival, 3715 US 60 East, +1 606 784-2277. A long running annual bluegrass festival. 2017-06-24
• Kentucky Folk Art Center, 102 West First Street, 38.1817°, -83.4331°, +1 606 783-2204. M-Sa 9am-5pm. A museum operated by Morehead State University. Free
• Arts and Eats Festival.
• Cave Run Lake, 38.0815°, -83.4915°. An artificial lake south of town. 2017-11-25

Buy

Eat

• The Fuzzy Duck, 159 E. Main Street, +1 606 784-9877. A local coffee shop.
• Root-A-Bakers, 313 Flemingsburg Road, +1 606 780-4282. A local bakery. 2017-06-24
• Penn Station, 413 Flemingsburg Road, +1 606 783-0015.

Drink

Morehead is a wet city that allows alcohol sales.

Sleep

• Comfort Inn & Suites, 2650 KY 801 North, +1 606 780-7378.
• Days Inn, 170 Toms Drive, +1 606 783-1484.
• Hampton Inn, 500 Hampton Way, +1 606 780-0601.
• Super 8, 602 Fraley Drive, +1 606 784-8882.
• Cave Run Lodging, 1190 KY 801 S., +1 606 783-1234. Cabin rentals.
• Cave Run Cabins, 46 Carey Cemetery Road, +1 606 784-8799. Cabin rentals.

Learn

• Morehead State University, 38.189322°, -83.431247°.

Go next

• Carter Caves State Resort Park
• Daniel Boone National Forest