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Your Guide to Highlands Neighborhood

Are you ready to explore the vibrant Highlands Neighborhood in Louisville? Uncover the unique history and local secrets that make Highlands a must-visit destination.

Built around the vibrant Bardstown Road corridor, the walkable Highlands neighborhood is both historic and cool at the same time. In our Neighborhood Guide, you’ll learn all about the many things to do!

Cumin Black Bean Falafel at the Fat Lamb. If you’re as addicted to watching Chopped as we are, you might recognize their head Chef – he won an episode!

Amazing Food

Heine Bros Coffee is the self-proclaimed “original Louisville coffee house,” and they’re about as Louisville as you can get.

Coffee

The taps at this Louisville brewery offer everything from Bourbon Barrel Aged beer to excellent Saisons and dark stouts.

Breweries

Cherokee Park is a big, beautiful park in Louisville winding through the Highlands. It’s hilly and forested over 389 acres, and through it wind myriad walking paths, hiking trails, biking routes, and even a 2.4 mile scenic loop.

Parks

Does ghost hunting count as nightlife?? Because if we had to guess, we’d say that The Highlands is probably super haunted, thanks to its 1800s-era homes and massive cemetery…

Nightlife

Your best bet for the Highlands is to stay in a vacation rental! There aren’t many big hotels here, but there are some incredibly cute, centrally located apartments and lofts.

Where to Stay

Yellow Leaves
Jump Rope

Learn more about our Highlands Neighborhood Guide!