The distillery’s own tours are free, but the drive, the guide and the distilleries around it are worth booking — see what a full day with transfers runs.
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Buffalo Trace tour map

Buffalo Trace sits in Frankfort. Almost every tour that reaches it leaves from somewhere else. Tap a pin for the real meeting point, what it costs and how long it runs.

Meeting points are the ones the tour operators publish on GetYourGuide, and they can change. Always read the confirmation email you get at booking — that is the version that counts on the day. Buffalo Trace’s own free tours are not sold here or on any resale site; they are booked at buffalotracedistillery.com.

Paid tours

  • Kentucky Bourbon Trail full-day tour$233 per personLeaves from Louisville. The Thursday Legends and Barrels itinerary is the one that includes Buffalo Trace — the meeting point shifts with the day you book.
  • Three iconic distilleries, your pick$250 per personLouisville pickup, address confirmed at checkout. You choose the three stops, and Buffalo Trace can be one of them on request rather than by default.
  • Private Frankfort and Lexington bourbon day$1,525 per group of up to twoHotel pickup around Frankfort and Lexington, arranged when you book — no fixed meeting point is published, so this pin sits at Buffalo Trace, the stop the day is built around.
  • Frankfort ghost tour$24 per personMeets on the front steps of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on Mero Street. Your guide carries a lantern. Two miles from the distillery, and it runs after dark.
  • Evan Williams Bourbon Experience$23 per personOn Louisville’s Whiskey Row. One hour, four bourbons, wheelchair accessible — the cheapest and most-reviewed distillery hour on this site.
  • Angel’s Envy signature tour$32 per personEast end of Whiskey Row, a working distillery inside the city. Port and rum barrel finishes, each poured with a chocolate pairing.
  • James B. Beam warehouse tour$40 per personCheck in at the American Outpost desk in Clermont, about an hour south of Frankfort. Inside Rackhouse F, with samples drawn from three different barrels.
  • Maker’s Mark guided tour and tasting$30 per personLoretto, the furthest stop on this map — well south of Frankfort and worth its own day. Mostly outdoors, no seating on the route, and you hand-dip your own bottle.
  • Lexington Distillery District food and drink tour$110 per personMeets inside RELIC, a reclaimed-goods warehouse in the James E. Pepper district. Four hours, five or six stops, three small plates and two drinks.

Buffalo Trace & getting there

  • Buffalo Trace DistilleryFree tours113 Great Buffalo Trace, Frankfort. The distillery’s own tours are free and are booked only on its own site, which releases new dates at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesdays.
  • Kentucky State CapitolTwo miles south of the distillery, and the reason Frankfort has a walkable downtown at all. Useful filler if your reservation is in the afternoon.
  • Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport~55 miles to Buffalo TraceThe closer of the two airports to Whiskey Row, and about an hour’s drive west of Frankfort.
  • Blue Grass Airport, Lexington~30 miles to Buffalo TraceSmaller, quieter, and the shorter drive to Frankfort of the two. Handy if you are pairing Buffalo Trace with the Lexington Distillery District.

Frequently asked questions

Where exactly is Buffalo Trace Distillery?

At 113 Great Buffalo Trace in Frankfort, Kentucky, on the north bank of the Kentucky River. It is about 55 miles east of Louisville and 30 miles west of Lexington, which is why almost every guided tour on this map starts in one of those two cities rather than in Frankfort.

Do the tours on this map pick me up at Buffalo Trace?

No. Only the private Frankfort day arranges pickup, and that is at your hotel rather than at the distillery. The rest have fixed meeting points in Louisville, Lexington, Loretto or Clermont, shown on the map above.

Which pins actually go to Buffalo Trace?

The Thursday Legends and Barrels departure of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail day, the private Frankfort day, and the three-distillery tour if you request it. The Louisville, Clermont, Loretto and Lexington distillery tours are separate visits, not routes to Frankfort.

Can I walk between the pins in Frankfort?

The ghost tour meeting point on Mero Street and the State Capitol are both a short drive from the distillery rather than a comfortable walk. Frankfort is small, but the distillery sits apart from the downtown grid across the river.