Paintsville

Paintsville, Kentucky is home to spectacular mountain scenery and stars like Loretta Lynn and Chris Stapleton, this classic Kentucky town will have you singing through your memories long after your journey has ended .

For country music fans, the hills and hollers surrounding U .S . 23 are hallowed ground . Music and storytelling traditions run deep in this part of Kentucky, which has produced more hit country artists than any other region per capita, including Lorretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, The Judd’s, Chris Stapleton, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tom T . Hall, Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, Dwight Yoakam and Patty Loveless .

Visit the U .S . 23 Country Music Highway Museum that features 14 exhibits displaying memorabilia from the country music stars who call Eastern Ky their home . While you are in town join us for an evening of live bluegrass music during Front Porch Pickin’ every Thursday at 7pm .

If it is nature, you love we have a beautiful 1,139acre Paintsville Lake with its steep, rocky cliffs and wooded coves, that provides boating, skiing, and fishing pleasure . The lake area contains 32 developed campsites, ten primitive campsites, a playground, four picnic shelters, four-lane launch ramp, amphitheater, restaurant, marina, and Kiwanis Trail .

While you are at the lake take a step back in time as you explore our Mountain Homeplace Farm . This Appalachian working farm dates to the 1850’s and features a cabin, church, one room schoolhouse, animals, and a garden .

A trip to Paintsville would not be complete without having a delicious Appalachian inspired meal in one of our downtown restaurants . Make sure to remember your trip by taking home a collectable antique from one of our unique downtown shops . Visit, Explore, Discover all that Eastern Kentucky has to offer .