Red River Gorge

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Description

The Red River Gorge is a canyon system on the Red River in east-central Kentucky. Geologically, it is part of the Pottsville Escarpment. Much of the Gorge is located inside the Daniel Boone National Forest and has been subsequently reserved as the Red River Gorge Geological Area, an area of around 29,000 acres (120 km2, 45 sq mi). It has been designated a National Natural Landmark and National Archaeological District, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 13,379-acre (54.14 km2, 20.905 sq mi) Clifty Wilderness Area lies entirely within the geological area in the Red River Gorge. The Red River Gorge is also known for its numerous hiking trails that range in difficulty from beginner to advanced. Over 60 miles of trails, open only to hiking, are maintained by the Forest Service and are located throughout the park (some trails are designated for horses). Primitive camping, also known as backpack camping, is permitted in the gorge if an overnight permit is obtained. Camping is not permitted within 300 feet of any road or designated trail. No camping in rock shelters or within 100 feet of the base of any cliff. One of the most popular destinations is Grey's Arch, one of the many natural arches in the park. Accessible via the Grey's Arch Loop hiking trail (4.0 miles), hikers can actually scramble up the back side of the arch, although this activity is considered extremely dangerous and can lead to injury or death.

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • Angel Windows Trail
  • Auxier Branch Trail (#203)
  • Auxier Ridge Trail (#204)
  • Balanced Rock Trail
  • Battleship Rock Trail
  • Big Bend Road
  • Big Calaboose Creek Road
  • Bison Way Trail, 210
  • Boone Hut Trail, FT 209
  • Buck Trail (#226)
  • Camping Access
  • Chimney Top Trail (#235)
  • Courthouse Rock Trail (#202)
  • Devil's Gulch
  • Double Arch Trail (#201)
  • FT 231
  • Fat Man's Squeeze
  • Fd-1104
  • Gray's Arch Trail, FT 205
  • Gray's Arch Trail, Rough Trail, FT 221
  • Henson Arch Trail
  • Hensons Arch Trail
  • Hidden Arch (#208)
  • Hood's Branch Trail
  • Hoods Branch
  • Indian Staircase Trail
  • Koomer Ridge (#220)
  • Laurel Ridge Trail
  • Natural Bridge Trail
  • Needle's Eye
  • Old Clifty School Road
  • Original Natural Bridge Trail
  • Paleo Area Camping Access
  • Perry Road
  • Pinch-Em-Tight (#223)
  • Princess Arch Trail (#233)
  • Raven Rock Trail
  • Rock Bridge Trail
  • Rock Garden Trail
  • Rough Trail (#221)
  • Rough Trail FT 221
  • Rough Trail, FT 221
  • Rush Ridge FT 227
  • Sand Gap Trail
  • Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail
  • Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail (#100)
  • Sheltowee Trace Trail
  • Silvermine Arch (#225)
  • Star Gap Trail
  • Sterling Road
  • Swift Camp Creek Trail, FT 219
  • Tar Ridge Trail
  • Tower Rock Trail
  • Trail to Half Moon Arch
  • Trail to Military Wall
  • Upper Hood's Branch Trail
  • Whistling Arch Trail
  • Whittleton Arch Trail, 217
  • Wildcat Trail, Ft 228
  • Zachariah 4WD Trail

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • Battleship Rock
  • Bragg Post Office (historical)
  • Calaboose Post Office (historical)
  • Chimney Top Rock
  • Clida Post Office (historical)
  • Courthouse Rock
  • Creation Falls
  • Daniel Boone Trading Post
  • Double Arch
  • Dunkan Branch Hill
  • Glencairn
  • Glencairn Post Office (historical)
  • Glendive Post Office (historical)
  • Gray's Arch
  • Gray's Arch Trail and Picnic Area
  • Hardeman Post Office (historical)
  • Haystack Post Office (historical)
  • Hemlock Lodge
  • Hens Nest Rock
  • Hidden Arch
  • Indian Staircase
  • Land of the Arches
  • Lovers Leap
  • Martin's Fork Parking
  • Miguel's Pizza & Rock Climbing Shop
  • Nada Lombard Post Office
  • Natural Bridge
  • Natural Bridge Post Office (historical)
  • Natural Bridge Trail
  • Natural Bridge Trail Parking
  • Paleo Area Parking Lot
  • Parking for Angel WIndows
  • Pine Ridge
  • Pine Ridge Post Office (historical)
  • Private Parking Lot
  • Raven Rock
  • Red River Rockhouse
  • Rock Bridge Picnic Area
  • Rock Bridge Trailhead Parking
  • Rogers
  • Rogers Post Office
  • See Post Office (historical)
  • Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail
  • Silvermine Arch
  • Sky Bridge Station
  • Slade
  • Slade Hill
  • Spradling Post Office (historical)
  • Star Gap Arch
  • Torrent
  • Torrent Falls
  • Torrent Falls Rock Climbing Adventure
  • Torrent Post Office (historical)
  • Tower Rock
  • Tunnel Ridge Road Trailhead
  • Valeria
  • Valeria Post Office (historical)
  • Whistling Arch Trailhead Parking
  • Whittleton Arch
  • Whittleton Campground

Copyright

The PDF and JPG maps are released by Hikepack under the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Aerial imagery available from the U.S. Geological Survey. Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©Mrherbalwarrior https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Chimney_Top_Rock.JPG CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).