Hikes · Kentucky
Best hikes in Kentucky.
Kentucky hiking is the Red River Gorge — a sandstone wonderland of arches, cliffs, and hollows.
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11 hikes worth the detour.
Sorted easy to expert. Every one mapped with distance, route type, and elevation gain — built for everyone from the RV & camping crew to the bucket-list crowd.
a one-mile karst loop into a giant sinkhole alive with cave springs, rock walls, and seasonal wildflowers; expect 295 stairs
Chained Rock (Pine Mountain)a giant chained boulder over Pineville
Rock Bridge Loop (Red River Gorge)the only natural arch over water in the gorge
Sky Bridgea clifftop arch loop
Cumberland Fallsthe Niagara of the South, with a moonbow
Natural Bridge (Red River Gorge)a sandstone arch you can walk over
Whittleton Archa quiet walk to a broad rock shelter and arch
Eagle Falls (Cumberland Falls)a fall with a face-on view of the "Niagara of the South"
Grays Archa soaring arch in a hollow
Double Arch (Red River Gorge)a stacked double arch with big views
Auxier Ridgea knife-edge ridge among the cliffs
Plan the Kentucky trip
Hikes, gems, scenic drives — all in one Kentucky guide.
See everything worth the detour in Kentucky, then let Roamward build the trip around it. Know a Kentucky trail we’re missing? Add it — we’re building this with the people who actually hike it.