Take time out from your hectic sightseeing schedule with a leisurely walk through Capitol View Park. The calm surroundings will leave you relaxed and ready for your next adventure.
You're spoiled for sightseeing choice when visiting Frankfort. Capitol View Park is a good place to start here, but there are plenty of other fine attractions to experience. Kentucky State University, Kentucky State Capitol, and Buffalo Trace Distillery are close to the recreation and green space and will round out your day nicely.
![Kentucky State University was chartered in May 1886 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons, only the second state-supported institution of higher learning in Kentucky.[1] During the euphoria of Frankfort's 1886 centennial celebration, the city donated $1,500 towards the purchase of land for a new college on a bluff overlooking Frankfort.
The new school formally opened on October 11, 1887, with three teachers, 55 students, and John H. Jackson as president.[1] Recitation Hall](https://mediaim.expedia.com/destination/2/153e32620cffbd999fa3637cc30e197d.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)
