The Valley View Ferry

"Turn back the clock" experience yesterday! The Valley View Ferry has been transporting people across the Kentucky River since 1785. It's where the history of the region began and where it is still alive. It's the oldest ferry west of the Appalachian mountains and Kentucky's oldest continuous business.

Mike Longinow wrote in a column for the Jessamine Journal, "The view from the river is gorgeous with green hillsides on each bank reaching up the Palisades where birds are circling and chirping in the trees for people with places to go and things to see."

Contact Us: (operating status)
Telephone: (859) 258-3611 Fayette Co.
Address:
P.O. Box 856
Nicholasville, KY 40356
Phone: (859) 626-8143 Madison Co.
E-mail: kseal@aol.com

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Hours:
Monday - Friday 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Directions:

From I-75 North, take exit 90.
From I-75 South, take exit 90B.

Turn left at the stoplight onto Keeneland Drive. Travel east to the end of Keeneland. Turn right onto Tates Creek Road. Travel approximately 12 miles to the end of the road.

From Nicholasville: take KY-169 South (Union Mill Rd.) 11 miles to ferry.
From Lexington: take Tates Creek Road 12 miles to KY-169 then 2 miles to ferry.

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