daniel boone national park

[Ryan C-Chris]

Im plaining on backpacking in Daniel Boone national park in Kentucky for my spring break with our wilderness adventure group at Buffalo State. Just wondering if anyone has visited this park and knows of any good sites that I wouldnt want to miss. Also, any trail recommendations for this area ?. We're goin for about a week, and we have maps, but we are still figuring out the details. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks

[Rik]

No info to pass on but be sure to let us know where you went and what you thought.

[Ryan C-Chris]

definatly will do...

[groundhog]

I presume you are referring to DB National FOREST... it covers a broad swath thru east-central KY. The Red River Gorge area, up near Natural Bridge State Park, is one area NOT to miss. No really good long distance hiking trails that I know of; most can be done in a long day or short overnite. Poisonous snakes (copperheads, rattlers) can be a real issue in the summertime, when the many waterfalls & pools can best be enjoyed. I have heard that trailhead security is a real issue, particularly in the Red River Gorge area (drive thru the town of Nada & you will see why!). Best opporyunity for longer hikes is probably further south, along the TN border where the forest borders the Big South Fork NRA. Hope this helps!

[Ryan C-Chris]

yes, thanks. Sorry, i did mean Forest, not park...

We are planing on going to the Red River Gorge area so we can check out a bunch of the natural stone arches and other large formations. We were also able to map out ~30 miles of a "loop" that includes some back tracking, but it should work. So we can do that for a few days and then check out some of the other areas and do some day hikes and/or zero days. If someone brings along a digi cam, Ill try and get some pics to post up

[Ryan C-Chris]

well, I made it back alive and well. I had a blast dispite the lack of distance we covered in the Red River Gorge. The geological features were absolutly amazing to see and and fun to climb on. Grey's Arch is especially notable with its enormous size compared to some of the others we saw. We had T-Storms one night with showers that continued throughout the following day which made for some soggy gear, but we made do and were able to dry everything out with the help of a nice campfire. We also decided to leave a few days early because of a continuous 3-day forcast of more t-storms. The rest of the trip was sunny and 60's and 70's, which was a nice change from snow that we had here in Buffalo when I left. I had hoped to see more signs of wildlife, but we only saw some birds and squirels...no snakes or bears