Kentucky Appalachians is the region where Kentucky, a proud country state, gets country. The wild mountainous areas are more what you would expect from West Virginia, and Kentucky's famous national Poet Laureates Robert Penn Warner and Jesse Stuart call these mountains home.

Cities

• 1 Ashland
• 2 Catlettsburg
• 3 Morehead
• 4 Paintsville
• 5 Pikeville

Other destinations

• 1 Carter Caves State Resort Park
• 2 Greenbo State Resort Park