Natural Bridge State Resort Park

Hike or ride a sky lift to a sandstone arch 78 feet long and 65 feet high in the woods near the Red River Gorge.

2 miles south of Slade on the Middle Fork of the Red River · Slade, KY

About Natural Bridge State Resort Park

Natural Bridge State Resort Park surrounds a sandstone arch that spans 78 feet and rises 65 feet high. You can hike up on the half-mile Original Trail or ride the sky lift, then squeeze through Fat Man's Squeeze and look out from Lover's Leap. About 1,200 acres of the park are a state nature preserve, and five miles of the Sheltowee Trace pass through it. Hemlock Lodge lets you stay overnight.

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