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Where to stay in Kentucky
This guide covers 4 destinations in Kentucky, a first-level administrative division of United States, with 24 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Lexington, Louisville and Bowling Green. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Places to stay
- 24
- Main airport
- SDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International Airport
- Currency
- USDUnited States dollar
- Time zones
- America/New York, America/Kentucky/Louisville
Destinations
Destinations in Kentucky
Every destination in this guide in Kentucky, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington | 322,570 | 13 | LEX · 13 km |
| Louisville | 246,161 | 11 | SDF · 10 km |
| Bowling Green | 72,294 | BNA · 98 km | |
| Owensboro | 60,183 | OWB · 5 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Kentucky
24 hotels in Kentucky recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Brown Hotel | Louisville | 1923 |
| Seelbach Hotel | Louisville | 1905 |
| Galt House | Louisville | 1835 |
| Martin Castle | Lexington | |
| Radisson Plaza, Lexington | Lexington | 1978 |
| Johnston's Inn | Lexington | |
| Keene Springs Hotel | Lexington | |
| Omni Louisville Hotel | Louisville | |
| Phoenix Hotel | Lexington | |
| Tyler Hotel | Louisville | |
| 21C Museum Hotel Lexington | Lexington | |
| 21c Museum Hotel Louisville | Louisville | |
| Charred Oaks Inn | Lexington | |
| DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Lexington | Lexington | |
| Embassy Suites Lexington | Lexington | |
| Hotel Distil, Autograph Collection | Louisville | |
| Hyatt Regency Louisville | Louisville | |
| Lexington Marriott City Center | Lexington | |
| Louisville Marriott Downtown | Louisville | |
| Louisville Marriott East | Louisville | |
| Lyndon House Bed & Breakfast | Lexington | |
| Middletown Inn | Louisville | |
| Montgomery Inn BnB | Lexington | |
| The Woodford Hotel | Lexington | 1881 |
When to go
Best time to visit Kentucky
From the climate of 4 destinations in Kentucky with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 4 | 6 °C | 108 mm |
| February | 0 of 4 | 9 °C | 95 mm |
| March | 0 of 4 | 14 °C | 115 mm |
| April | 0 of 4 | 20 °C | 125 mm |
| May | 0 of 4 | 25 °C | 132 mm |
| June | 0 of 4 | 29 °C | 125 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 115 mm |
| August | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 90 mm |
| September | 0 of 4 | 27 °C | 93 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 21 °C | 86 mm |
| November | 0 of 4 | 14 °C | 94 mm |
| December | 0 of 4 | 8 °C | 106 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Kentucky
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Kentucky name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
SDF · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport
OWB · Owensboro Daviess County Airport
LEX · Blue Grass Airport
BNA · Nashville International Airport
CVG · Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport
EVV · Evansville Regional Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Kentucky, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in United States
Regional holidays observed in Kentucky
Nearby
Regions near Kentucky
Other regions of United States with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.