Directions
Directions
Street Address:
Big Bear Resort
30 Big Bear Resort Rd.
Benton, KY 42025
Global Position Coordinates:
-88.225462 Longitude
36.895301 Latitude
Mile Marker: 31
From Chicago
Follow red line on the map
- Take 90/94 south to I-57
- Take I-57 south to I-24
- Take I-24 south into Kentucky, past Paducah
- Take the Fulton exit 25A (Purchase Parkway), before KY Dam, south to the Draffenville exit 47
(look for lodging signs), which is Hwy 68E - Make a left at the end of this exit’s ramp
- Proceed a short distance (about 3/4 mile) through this commercial part of town, staying toward the left when Hwy 68E forks
- Travel about 3.5 miles to Big Bear HWY (look for waypoint signage on the right)
- Turn left onto Big Bear HWY and go about 3.2 miles to resort’s entrance on the left
From St. Louis
Follow red line on the map
- Take I-64 east into Illinois to I-57
- Take I-57 south to I-24
- Take I-24 south into Kentucky, past Paducah
- Take the Fulton exit 25A(Purchase Parkway), before KY Dam, south to the Draffenville exit 47(look for lodging signs), which is Hwy 68E
- Make a left at the end of this exit’s ramp
- Proceed a short distance (about 3/4 mile) through this commercial part of town, staying toward the left when Hwy 68E forks
- Travel about 3.5 miles to Big Bear HWY (look for waypoint signage on the right)
- Turn left onto Big Bear HWY and go about 3.2 miles to resort’s entrance on the left
From Indianapolis
Follow red line on the map
- Take I 70 west toward Terre Haute and Hwy 41
- Take Route 41 south to Pennyrile Parkway in Kentucky
- Take Pennyrile Parkway south to Western Kentucky Parkway
- Take Western Kentucky Parkway west to I-24 heading towards Paducah, KY
- Take the Exit 25A (Purchase Parkway) south to the Draffenville exit #47
- Make a left at the end of this exit’s ramp onto Hwy 68E
- Proceed a short distance (about 3/4 mile) through this commercial part of town, staying toward the left when Hwy 68 forks
- Travel about 3.5 miles to Big Bear HWY (look for waypoint signage on the right)
- Turn left onto Big Bear HWY and go about 3.2 miles to resort’s entrance on the left
From Nashville
Follow red line on the map
- Take I-24 toward Paducah, Kentucky
- Stay on I-24 until the Fulton exit #25A
- Take the Fulton exit 25A (Purchase Parkway) south to the Draffenville exit #47
- Make a left at the end of this exit’s ramp onto Hwy 68E
- Proceed a short distance (about 3/4 mile) through this commercial part of town, staying toward the left when Route 68 forks
- Travel about 3.5 miles to Big Bear HWY (look for waypoint signage on the right)
- Turn left onto Big Bear HWY and go about 3.2 miles to resort’s entrance on the left
From Cincinnati
Follow red line on the map
- Take I-71 S towards Louisville to I-65
- Take I-65 S towards Nashville until Western Kentucky Parkway
- Take Western Kentucky Parkway west toward Paducah to I-24
- Take the Fulton exit 25A (Purchase Parkway) south to the Draffenville exit 47 (look for lodging signs), which is Hwy 68E
- Make a left at the end of this exit’s ramp
- Proceed a short distance (about 3/4 mile) through this commercial part of town, staying toward the left when Hwy 68E forks
- Travel about 3.5 miles to Big Bear HWY (look for waypoint signage on the right)
- Turn left onto Big Bear HWY and go about 3.2 miles to resort’s entrance on the left
