Skip to content
Old Fort Harrod State Park, Harrodsburg, KY

Photo: FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Sightseeing

Old Fort Harrod State Park

A Kentucky state park in Harrodsburg centered on a rebuilt frontier fort.

Harrodsburg, KY

About Old Fort Harrod State Park

This small state park in Harrodsburg covers about 15 acres and includes a reconstruction of Fort Harrod, an early settlement in Kentucky. The fort is named for James Harrod, a frontiersman who led a group of settlers into the region. The park preserves a look at the pioneer era of the state.

  • #frontier history
  • #state park
  • #Kentucky
  • #reconstructed fort

What's around here?

The closest stops to Old Fort Harrod State Park, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill

    Under $25

    Tour restored 19th-century Shaker buildings, walk farm and nature trails, and stay or dine inside a preserved Shaker community.

    7.1 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing

    Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site

    Check prices

    A Kentucky state historic site covering a battlefield park with monuments, cannons, and an interpretive museum.

    8.9 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Camp Nelson National Monument

    No admission fee

    Walk the trails of a Civil War Union depot where thousands of enslaved Kentuckians enlisted and won freedom for themselves and their families.

    14 mi awayMore like this

  • Museums

    Aviation Museum of Kentucky

    Under $25

    An aviation museum at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington that displays historic and modern aircraft and engines.

    23 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Shopping
    Family Favorite

    Fayette Mall

    No admission fee

    Shop Macy's, Dillard's, JCPenney and Dick's Sporting Goods at the largest mall in Kentucky, with a Cheesecake Factory and Cinemark on site.

    23 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping

  • Shopping

    The Mall at Lexington Green

    Check prices

    A hybrid indoor mall and open-air lifestyle center in Lexington, Kentucky, with shops, restaurants, and lakeside events.

    24 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping

Near Old Fort Harrod State Park

More of the same kind

Keep exploring