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Lower Brooks River Trail
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Lower Brooks River Trail

<p>The Lower Brooks River Trail follows the south bank of the Brooks River from Brooks Camp to the world-famous Brooks Falls bear-viewing platform, the premier brown bear observation site on earth. Ea...

July 21, 2024
Princess Falls: A Secluded Cascade on Jellico Creek
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Princess Falls: A Secluded Cascade on Jellico Creek

Princess Falls is a slender 15-foot cascade on Jellico Creek in the Daniel Boone National Forest near Cumberland Falls — a quiet and easily accessible waterfall in the heart of McCreary County.

July 20, 2024
Cholla Cactus Garden Trail
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Cholla Cactus Garden Trail

<p>The Cholla Cactus Garden Trail winds through a dense stand of teddy bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) in the Colorado Desert section of Joshua Tree, near the transition zone between the higher...

July 19, 2024
Hidden Valley Trail
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Hidden Valley Trail

<p>The Hidden Valley Trail loops through a natural rock enclosure in the Wonderland of Rocks, a nearly enclosed basin ringed by monzogranite boulders that local legend says was used by cattle rustlers...

July 17, 2024
Broke Leg Falls: A Pioneer-Named Plunge in Bath County
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Broke Leg Falls: A Pioneer-Named Plunge in Bath County

Broke Leg Falls drops 60 feet into a secluded gorge on Broke Leg Creek in Bath County — named from a pioneer-era accident and one of Kentucky's most dramatically named and most beautiful waterfalls.

July 15, 2024
Barker Dam Nature Trail
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Barker Dam Nature Trail

<p>The Barker Dam Nature Trail loops through the heart of the Wonderland of Rocks, Joshua Tree's most dramatic boulder landscape, to a historic cattle dam and a sheltered canyon harboring ancient Chem...

July 15, 2024

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