In 1803 all roads led to Big Bone Lick...

Boone County, Kentucky (Est. 1799), was quite young when Meriwether Lewis came through in 1803. The county court met in a log courthouse at Craig's Camp (Burlington) in the northern interior of the county. While a few roads from Petersburg (settled 1789) and other river towns led to the courthouse, many others met at a site in southern Boone County that was already known around the world. America's third President Thomas Jefferson specifically directed both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to visit this place, known as Big Bone Lick.


Today, Big Bone Lick is a Kentucky State Park, complete with 3.5 miles of hiking trails, a museum and gift shop, outdoor museum, Discovery Trail, herd of Bison, camping and fishing.


The park is located at 3380 Beaver Road (Kentucky 338) in Union, KY. Take the Richwood exit from Interstate 75 and follow Kentucky 338 to the west for 8 miles.