Where a car takes you from Louisville
These are the day trips from Louisville on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Bardstown Bardstown sits 45 minutes south of Louisville, the self-styled Bourbon Capital of the World with Heaven Hill, the historic Talbott Tavern bourbon bar
- Loretto (Maker's Mark) Loretto sits an hour south of Louisville, home to the Maker's Mark Distillery on Burks Spring Road where visitors can tour the historic site and dip
- Frankfort (Buffalo Trace) Frankfort sits 55 minutes east of Louisville, home to Buffalo Trace Distillery, a National Historic Landmark distilling bourbon for over 200 years
- Lexington Lexington sits 75 minutes east of Louisville, the horse-country town anchored by Keeneland Race Track, the Kentucky Horse Park and a chef-driven resta
- Lawrenceburg (Four Roses) Lawrenceburg sits 55 minutes east of Louisville, the small Kentucky town home to Four Roses Distillery and Wild Turkey Distillery just outside the tow
- New Albany, Indiana New Albany sits across the Ohio River from Louisville, the southern Indiana town with Hi-Five Doughnuts on East Market and a renovated downtown
Booking a car in Louisville
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 43.1 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National, Sixt, Thrifty
- Pick up at
- Louisville Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-25) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.