Red River Gorge

Hike to sandstone arches, climb the cliffs or paddle the Red River in this gorge inside Daniel Boone National Forest.

Gladie Visitor Center, 3451 Sky Bridge Rd · Slade, KY

About Red River Gorge

Red River Gorge is a canyon system of about 29,000 acres in Daniel Boone National Forest, with more than 100 natural sandstone arches, tall cliffs and rock shelters. You can hike to Grays Arch and the Auxier Ridge area, canoe the Wild and Scenic Red River, or climb the sandstone cliffs that climbers call the Red. Many visitors drive in through the Nada Tunnel, a 900-foot logging tunnel built between 1910 and 1912. Day visits are free, and overnight camping needs a vehicle permit.

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The closest stops to Red River Gorge, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure
Natural Bridge State Resort Park
No admission fee
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.
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Museums
Bluegrass Heritage Museum
Under $25
A local history museum in Winchester, Kentucky, showing the story of the Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky from early Native American times to the present.
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Sightseeing
Fort Boonesborough State Park
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Kentucky state park preserving the site of a frontier fort founded by Daniel Boone's party in 1775.
36 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Sports & Outdoors
Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park
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A Kentucky state resort park built around a mountain reservoir in northwest Perry County.
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Sports & Outdoors
Paintsville Lake State Park
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A Kentucky state park on the shore of Paintsville Lake in Johnson County.
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Sightseeing
Daniel Boone Cabin
No admission fee
A restored 1795 log cabin on the grounds of Wendt's Wildlife Adventure, linked to frontiersman Daniel Boone's final years in Kentucky.
42 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing