Local visitor information is available at the Bullitt County Visitor Center located at 287 North Joe B Hall Ave, Shepherdsville, KY 40165. The Bullitt County Visitor Center is open Monday to Friday 9AM – 4:30PM. Closed Saturday and Sunday.
Within a day’s drive of two-thirds of the population of the United States, Shepherdsville is located just south of Louisville on Interstate 65 in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Shepherdsville is within a 20-minute drive of Louisville International Airport (SDF), which offers nonstop service to more than 25 destinations and convenient connections to cities worldwide.
AIRPORTS
Louisville International Airport (SDF)
600 Terminal Drive, Louisville, KY 40209
Phone: 502-367-4636
Web: www.flylouisville.com
Bowman Field (LOU)
3345 Roger E. Schupp Street, Louisville, KY 40205
Phone: 502-458-1475
Web: www.flylouisville.com
Blue Lick Airport (07KY)
Phone: 502-957-5159
Blue Lick Airport is located in northern Bullitt County. With prior permission, single-engine plane landings are permitted at the private airport.
GROUND TRANSPORTATION
WINE, WHISKEY & ALE TRAIL AND KENTUCKY BOURBON TRAIL® TOUR SERVICES
Kentucky Guides
Phone: 502-715-9230
Web: www.facebook.com/KentuckyBourbonGuides
WhiskMe Transportation
Phone: 502-331-2704
Web: www.whiskmetransportation.com
Derby City Limo
Phone: 502-576-7775
Web: www.derbylimo.com
Mint Julep
Phone: 502-583-1433
Web: www.mintjuleptours.com
CopperTop Tours
Phone: 502-251-1345
Web: www.coppertoptours.com
BourbonTown Tours
Phone: 844-268-7266
Web: www.Bourbontowntours.com
Trail-N-Track
Phone: 502-494-8805
Web: www.trail-n-track.com
Horses N Bourbon
Phone: 502-396-7867
Web: www.Horses-n-bourbon.com
Derby City Brew Tours
Phone: 502-208-9954
Web: www.derbycitybrewtours.com
Kentucky Bourbon Bus
Phone: 502-354-8418
Web: www.kentuckybourbonbus.com
Bourbon Excursions
Phone: 502-233-9903
Web: www.bourbonexcursions.com
Travel the Trail
Phone: 502-939-4701
Web: www.travelthekytrail.com
Bluegrass Bourbon Tours
Phone: 502-509-1095
Web: www.bbttours.com
Pegasus Limo (Mike Welsh)
Phone: 800-582-5576
Web: www.takepegasus.com
Kentucky Bourbon Boys
Phone: 502-777-0761
Web: www.KentuckyBourbonBoys.com
Blue Grass Excursions
Phone: 502-792-4754
Web: www.BluegrassExcursions.com
BRBN Experiences, LLC
Phone: 502-509-3334
Web: www.brbnexperiences.com
Love’s Travel Stop
(I-65, Exit 116)
1090 Cedar Grove Road, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-7000
Pilot Travel Center
(I-65, Exit 121)
2050 E Blue Lick Road, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-955-5049
Pilot Travel Center
(I-65, Exit 105)
150 Park Plaza Boulevard, Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-833-2727
RaceTrac Travel Center
(I-65, Exit 116)
145 Alpha Way, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 470-694-5367
Pilot Travel Center
(I-65, Exit 117)
2050 E Blue Lick Rd, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-955-5049
Bullitt County I-65 Welcome Center
I-65 Southbound, Mile Marker 114, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-5900
One of Kentucky’s eight Welcome Centers, the Bullitt County Welcome Center is located just south of Shepherdsville along I-65 south. The Welcome Center offers state and regional maps and brochures, as well as friendly travel consultants who can answer questions and suggest itineraries.
Shepherdsville-Bullitt County Tourism
2040 Clermont Road, Cox’s Creek, KY 40013
Phone: 502-543-8656
Local visitor information is available at the Bullitt County Visitor Center located at 2040 Clermont Road on Hwy 245, south of Shepherdsville, just off I-65 Exit 112. The Visitor Center is open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is closed on Saturday and Sunday.
Brief History
Established in 1796, Bullitt County is named after Kentucky’s first Lieutenant Governor, Alexander Scott Bullitt. Alexander Scott Bullitt was the nephew of Capt. Thomas Bullitt who discovered Bullitt’s Lick on a surveying expedition in 1773. Early pioneers had settled the area years before the founding of Bullitt’s Lick due to the paths cut by herds of buffalo, deer and elk migrating to the natural salt licks, but it wasn’t until Capt. Thomas Bullitt that the area became one of the largest salt making operations in the region. Salt was critical to survival of pioneers and Native Americans alike, thus salt licks such as Bullitt’s Lick were often the scene of battles among settlers and the area’s indigenous people. The site of Kentucky’s first commercial industry, Bullitt’s Lick primarily served the Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee territories, however salt produced at Bullitt’s Lick was also sent down the Salt, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans on flatboats. Shepherdsville developed near the licks and became the county seat, and The Wilderness Trail, which led to Bullitt’s and other nearby salt licks from the Cumberland Gap, became the first inland intermodal distribution system for commerce in the western frontier. Another pioneer industry in Bullitt County was Iron production. Bullitt County was one of the largest producers of iron in Kentucky during the 18th and 19th centuries, and it is said that the first railroad rails west of the Alleghenies were made in Bullitt County. After a century of expansion, Bullitt County’s salt and iron industries had faded, and so had its forests due to the vast quantities of timber cut to fire the kettles which boiled water into salt, and the furnaces which melted ore into iron. In 1929 a successful businessman and naturalist, Isaac W. Bernheim established the Bernheim Foundation and purchased 16,000 plus acres in southeast Bullitt County to be returned to natural forest. Today Bernheim Forest and Arboretum is internationally renowned for its work with native-habitat rehabilitation and its unmatched collections of native-species plants and trees. Less than a mile from what would become Bernheim Forest and Arboretum, a giant in Kentucky’s signature Bourbon industry would emerge near the end of the 18th century under the Beam family. In 1795 Jacob Beam sold his first barrel of whiskey. Called, “Old Jake Beam Sour Mash,” this whiskey was particularly popular among pioneers, farmers and traders. The family distillery was then known as “Old Tub.” From Old Tub to James B. Beam Distilling Co., the historic distillery has become one of the largest producers of Bourbon in the world.
Geography
Bullitt County consists of roughly 300 square-miles located in the area known as the Knobs Region, which borders Kentucky’s outer Bluegrass Region. This area is noted for its many isolated, steep sloping, often cone-shaped hills of shale, limestone and sandstone. Dividing Bullitt County from east to west is the Salt River. Many small creeks and other tributaries flow into the Salt River, which stretches 150 miles from central Kentucky to the Ohio River. The U.S. Army Post Fort Knox encompasses much of Bullitt County’s western half and approximately one-fifth of Bullitt County as a whole, while Bernheim Forest and Arboretum, Kentucky’s official state arboretum, encompasses a significant portion of southeast Bullitt County.
Population
Bullitt County has a population of 78,702, making it the 10th most populous county in Kentucky according to 2015 U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The estimated population of the Louisville-Jefferson County Metropolitan Statistical Area, of which Bullitt County is a part, is 1,269,702.
Time Zone
November to March: Eastern Standard Time
March to November: Eastern Daylight Savings Time
Climate/Seasonal Planning
The mean average temperature in Shepherdsville is 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit. Average annual rainfall is 48.45 inches. Average annual snowfall is 4 inches. Shepherdsville-Bullitt County has four distinct seasons and no prolonged periods of heat, cold, wind, rain or snow.
Average minimum and maximum temperatures:
March-May: 35-78
June-August: 62-89
September-November: 38-82
December-February: 26-49
BROOKS – I-65, EXIT 121
Brooks Baptist Church
3837 Coral Ridge Road
Brooks KY 40109
Phone: 502-955-6792
Calvary Holiness Church
505 Rodgers Rd,
Brooks, KY 40109
Phone: 502-957-3446
Deliverance Tabernacle
1149 Brooks Hill Road
Brooks KY 40109
Phone: 502-955-1615
Mt. Elmira Baptist Church
3644 Mt. Elmira Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-957-5838
Apostolic Lighthouse Church
4602 Summitt Drive
Louisville KY 40229
Phone: 502-955-8943
Hillview Assembly of God
1408 Hillview Blvd
Louisville KY 40229
Phone: 502-955-9439
Hillview Community Christian Church
141 Brookley Drive
Louisville KY 40229
Phone: 502-957-3801
Iglesia Cristiana Maranatha
4150 E. Blue Lick Rd
Louisville KY 40229
Phone: 502-608-6332
Maryville Baptist Church
130 Smith Lane
Louisville KY 40229
Phone: 502-957-2856
Overdale United Methodist
515 Overdale Drive
Louisville KY 40229
Phone: 502-957-4567
Radiant Life Church of God
4601 Summitt Drive
Louisville KY 40229
Phone: 502-277-9199
Southern Hills Church of the Nazarene
12320 Ridgemont Road
Louisville KY 40229
Phone: 502-955-8830
Summit Hills Baptist
4507 Summers Drive
Louisville KY 40229
Phone: 502-957-5161
HILLVIEW – I-65, EXIT 121
Rushing Winds Ministries
12320 Ridgemont Rd,
Louisville, KY 40229
Phone: 502-439-7961
LEBANON JUNCTION – I-65, EXIT 105
Faith Baptist Bible Church
270 Sanders Lane
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-619-9514
Dennie Memorial Methodist
132 Brook Street
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-833-9926
Field of Grace Baptist Church
6674 Preston Hwy.
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-409-0885
First Baptist Church of Lebanon Junction
495 Main Street
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-833-4954
First Christian
190 W. Oak Street
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-833-3576
God’s Grace Independent General Baptist Church
151-1283 Roy Layne Rd
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-488-0301
Mt. Carmel Church
1305 Mt. Carmel Church Rd
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-296-6462
St. Benedict Catholic
227 Oak St.,
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-543-5918
Beech Grove Baptist Church
300 W. Beech Grove Rd,
Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-543-4702
MOUNT WASHINGTON – I-65, EXIT 117
Bethany Baptist Church
1863 Flatlick Road
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-4141
Bethel United Methodist Church
7357 Ky. Hwy. 44E
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-8116
Calvary Christian Center
11829 Hwy. 44 East
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-7768
Church of God of Prophecy
1499 Wales Run Road
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-645-6659
Church of the Crossroads
10848 KY 44
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-295-6796
First Assembly of God of Mt. Washington
12056 Ky. Hwy. 44E
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-4217
First Baptist Church of Mt. Washington
320 N. Bardstown Road
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-7361
First Christian Church of Mt. Washington
317 Fairlane Drive
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-4257
Freedom Baptist Church
287 Greenbriar Road
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-7777
Lifeline Community Fellowship
695 N. Bardstown Road
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-3699
Mt. Washington Church of Christ
164 Sunnyside Drive
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-4612
Mt. Washington Church of God
172 Boxwood Run
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-7415
Mt. Washington United Methodist Church
253 Flatlick Road
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-6756
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
155 Stringer Lane
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-4933
Vision Valley Baptist Church
850 Fisher Lane
Mt. Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-904-0616
SHEPHERDSVILLE – I-65, EXIT 117
Bardstown Junction Baptist Church
4855 S. Preston Hwy.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-3747
Bullitt Lick Baptist Church
2975 Ky. Hwy. 44W
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-2483
Calvary Hill Separate Baptist Church
645 Coral Ridge Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-4582
Calvary Road Baptist Church
2120 Raymond Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-531-9807
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
4900 Cedar Grove Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-4101
Cedar Grove United Methodist Church
5023 Cedar Grove Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-3723
Church of God of Prophecy
2388 Raymond Rd,
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-2156
Church of Jesus
546 Huber Station Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-921-1805
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
4614 Hwy 44E
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-428-5370
Davidson Memorial United Methodist Church
265 S. Buckman Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-4422
Divine Savior Lutheran Church
1025 N. Buckman St.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 800-733-2767
Eagle Heights Baptist Church
2944 Ky. Hwy. 44E
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-3715
Eastern Gate Baptist Church
3699 N. Preston Hwy.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-955-1228
Eastside Baptist Church
301 Lees Valley Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-7589
Faith Praise & Worship Center
160 Zoneton Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-955-4058
Family Day Ministries
1944 Highway 44 East,
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-424-0334
Family Worship Center
217 Salt Well Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-4444
First Baptist Church of Shepherdsville
254 S. Buckman Street
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-7721
Gospel of the Kingdom Campground
141 Mt. Elmira Rd.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-0875
Hebron Lane Church of Christ
3221 E. Hebron Lane
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-957-5115
Hebron Presbyterian Church
4765 N. Preston Hwy
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-957-3880
Holy Chapel of God
2357 W. Bluelick Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-5656
Immanuel Baptist Church
1810 W. Blue Lick Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-921-1931
Impact Church of God
515 Raymond Rd.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-572-6990
Journey Christian Church
416 S. Buckman St.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-531-9602
Lifepoint Church
527 W. Blue Lick Rd
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-955-0404
Lighthouse Baptist Church
170 Becnel Lane
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-531-0534
Little Flock Baptist Church
5500 N. Preston Hwy
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-955-8760
Maryville Baptist Church
130 Smith Lane
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-957-2856
Mercy Hill Church
165 W. Joe B. Hall Ave.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-215-0814
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
151 Blue Lick Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-2135
North Bullitt Christian Church
4265 N. Preston Hwy
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-957-5541
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
5285 Hwy. 44E
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-7336
Ray of Hope Christian Fellowship
384 Raymond Rd
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-921-2518
Rolling Hills Baptist Church
4290 N. Preston Hwy
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-957-5388
Salem Church of Christ
1595 Zoneton Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-955-6856
Shepherdsville Christian Church
337 Lees Valley Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-2633
Shepherdsville First Church of the Nazarene
244 N. Maple St.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-2083
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
224 Abbott St.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-5918
Sunnyside Baptist Church
2722 Knob Creek Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-922-4840
Trinity Life Center
964 Hwy. 44 West
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-3265
Vine Hill Baptist Church
2078 Clermont Rd.
Coxs Creek, KY 40013
Phone: 502-543-9429
Victory Baptist Church
4420 Ridge Road
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-4032
WEST POINT
Knob Creek Union Church
10439 Hwy 44 West
West Point, KY 40177
Phone: 502-922-3368
Nichols Spiritual Temple
8700 Hwy 44 West
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-922-3407
Stites Station Baptist Church
237 Cupio Lodge Lane Rd
West Point, KY 40177
Phone: 502-922-9222
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Bullitt County Chamber of Commerce
162 S Buckman St, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-6727
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Bullitt County Economic Development Authority
162 South Buckman Street, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-1200
COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENT
Bullitt Fiscal Court
300 South Buckman Street, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-2262
City of Shepherdsville
634 Conestoga Parkway, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-2923
City of Mount Washington
311 Snapp Street, Mount Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-4216
City of Hillview
283 Crestwood Ln, Louisville, KY 40229
Phone: 502-957-5280
City of Lebanon Junction
271 Main Street, Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-833-4311
POLICE
Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office
300 South Buckman Street, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-2514
Shepherdsville Police Department
634 Conestoga Parkway, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-921-1000
Mount Washington Police Department
180 Landis Lane, Mount Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-8143
Hillview Police Department
283 Crestwood Rd, Louisville, KY 40229
Phone: 502-955-6808
Lebanon Junction Police Department
271 Main St, Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone: 502-833-2244
CORRECTIONS
Bullitt County Detention Center
1671 Preston Highway, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-543-7263
FIRE
Shepherdsville Fire Department
634 Conestoga Parkway, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-955-1647
Mount Washington Fire Department
772 North Bardstown Road, Mount Washington, KY 40047
Phone: 502-538-4222
Zoneton Fire Protection District
5328 North Preston Highway, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone: 502-955-8076
Southeast Bullitt Fire Protection District
1515 Clermont Rd, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone:
502-543-3794
Nichols Fire Protection District
4706 Highway 44 West, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone:
502-543-3974
Lebanon Junction Fire Department
291 Main Street, Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone:
502-833-2022
EMERGENCY SERVICES AND DISASTER RELIEF
Bullitt County Dispatch/ 911
238 Salt Well Road, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone:
502-543-7074
Bullitt County Emergency Medical Services
200 Salt Well Road, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone:
502-543-2000
American Red Cross Bullitt County Service Center
214 Frank E. Simon Ave, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone:
502-543-7501
PUBLIC HEALTH
Bullitt County Health Department
181 Lees Valley Road, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone:
502-543-2415
BULLITT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Central Library – Shepherdsville – Main Branch
740 Conestoga Pkwy, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Phone:
502-543-7675
Mount Washington Branch
214 N. Bardstown Rd., Mount Washington, KY 40047
Phone:
502-538-7560
Lebanon Junction Branch
11382 South Preston Highway, Lebanon Junction, KY 40150
Phone:
502-833-4648
Hillview Branch
155 Terry Boulevard, Hillview, KY 40229
Phone:
502-957-5759
Nichols Branch
10729 Highway 44 West, West Point, KY 40177
Phone: 502-324-7699