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Trip E1 · Woodford County

The Golden Hour Flour Run

~25 min out at backroad pace · Evening loop — about 2.5 hours door to door · ~45-mile loop · Windows-Down Score ●●●●●

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Tree tunnels at sunset, pancake mix from a sixth-generation mill, and a rail-town main street — home before bedtime unravels.

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The route

Old Frankfort Pike → Weisenberger Mill → Midway → Pisgah Pike → home

Stops

  1. Old Frankfort Pike

    A National Scenic Byway of tree tunnels and stone walls. Golden hour here is the whole point.

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  2. Weisenberger Mill

    Grinding Kentucky grain beside the creek since 1865, six generations deep. Buy the pancake mix when the store's open.

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  3. Midway

    Shops and scoops on a main street split by a railroad track.

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  4. Pisgah Pike

    A one-lane chapel of trees past a stone church. Take it home while the light goes syrupy.

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