Boone Trace enters Berea along Hwy 25 through Boone Gap, the last of five gaps traversed by Boone Trace (Moccasin, Kane, Cumberland, Pine Mountain (called “The Narrows”) and Boone Gap).
Located at the Rockcastle and Madison County line, Boone Gap has been converted into a historic site where an actual segment of Boone Trace can be viewed.
Moving north along Hwy 25, Boone Trace will proceed up Slate Ridge Rd to Brushy Fork Creek where it turns right (east) along the creek, where a beautiful Boone Trace trail has been constructed and added to the city/college trail system. A probable segment of the actual Boone Trace can be experienced here also, as well as the remnants of a “Wolf Tree” (scan QR code on the trail.) It then joins a shared use path south of town out to Blue Lick Rd before turning north.
In the College Square in front of famous Boone Tavern is a stone marker commemorating Boone Trace of 1775 placed there by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1915. The actual Trace is about 1/2 mile south along Brushy Fork Creek as described above.
Berea is a certified “Trail Town” and the “trailhead” (Visitor's Center located at 3 Artist Circle) should be visited to serve as a guide to the city’s features, including the Artisan Village, artists at work, the world famous Pinnacles, the college square and other points of interest. It hosts the Spoonbread Festival annually.