Ky Trail Guides

Wild Cave Tour Route

📍 Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky

Strenuous 📏 0.5 guided

The Wild Cave Tour at Mammoth Cave is the most physically demanding ranger-led program offered in the national park syst…

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Big Woods Loop

📍 Visitor Center, Brownsville

Moderate 📏 7.0 Loop

Big Woods Loop traverses the most extensive mature upland forest accessible from the Mammoth Cave visitor center, circli…

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Cave Branch Trail

📍 Carter Caves State Resort Park, KY

Moderate 📏 1.0 Loop

Cave Branch Trail follows the stream corridor of Cave Branch, a small tributary of Tygarts Creek that has been the prima…

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Cedar Sink Trail

📍 Cedar Sink Trailhead, Brownsville

Moderate 📏 3.4 Loop

Cedar Sink Trail descends into one of the most dramatic karst sinks in the Mammoth Cave region -- a collapsed cave ceili…

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Cedar Sink Trail

📍 Cedar Sink Trailhead, Brownsville

Moderate 📏 3.4 Loop

Cedar Sink Trail descends into one of the most dramatic karst sinks in the Mammoth Cave region — a collapsed cave ceilin…

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Collie Ridge Trail

📍 Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky

Moderate 📏 4.0 Loop

The Collie Ridge Trail explores the upland karst terrain above Mammoth Cave, a landscape defined by the same soluble lim…

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Cumberland Falls Trail

📍 Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, KY

Easy 📏 1.5 Out-and-Back

The Cumberland Falls Trail leads to one of the most celebrated waterfall spectacles in the eastern United States—a 125-f…

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Eagle Falls Trail

📍 Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, KY

Moderate 📏 1.8 Out-and-Back

Eagle Falls Trail crosses the Cumberland River via a seasonal ford or footbridge and climbs the opposite bank to reach E…

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Green River Bluffs Trail

📍 Green River Ferry, Brownsville

Easy 📏 4.0 Loop

Green River Bluffs Trail follows the limestone bluffs above the Green River through old-growth oak and beech forest, pro…

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Green River Bluffs Trail

📍 Green River Ferry, Brownsville

Easy 📏 4.0 Loop

Green River Bluffs Trail follows the limestone bluffs above the Green River through old-growth oak and beech forest, pro…

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Hood's Branch Trail

📍 Natural Bridge State Resort Park, KY

Moderate 📏 3.4 Loop

Hood's Branch Trail explores a richer and less-visited portion of Natural Bridge State Resort Park's sandstone arch land…

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Lake Trail

📍 Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, KY

Easy 📏 2.0 Loop

Lake Trail follows the wooded shoreline of Dewey Lake in a gentle loop that provides consistent access to the water's ed…

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Mammoth Cave Railroad Bike Hike

📍 Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky

Easy 📏 8.0 Out-and-Back

The Mammoth Cave Railroad Bike and Hike Trail follows the original roadbed of the Mammoth Cave Railroad, a narrow-gauge …

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Moonbow Trail

📍 Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, KY

Moderate 📏 3.0 Loop

The Moonbow Trail loops along the Cumberland River gorge rim, connecting the downstream river access points with a dedic…

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Moss Ridge Trail

📍 Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, KY

Moderate 📏 2.5 Out-and-Back

Moss Ridge Trail climbs from the resort area to a forested ridgeline overlooking Dewey Lake reservoir—one of the larger …

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Original Trail

📍 Natural Bridge State Resort Park, KY

Strenuous 📏 1.0 Out-and-Back

The Original Trail delivers the most direct and historically authentic route to Natural Bridge's magnificent sandstone a…

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Smoky Bridge Trail

📍 Carter Caves State Resort Park, KY

Moderate 📏 2.5 Loop

Smoky Bridge Trail loops through the surface landscape of Carter Caves State Resort Park, connecting three significant n…

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Sugar Camp Hollow Trail

📍 Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, KY

Strenuous 📏 5.0 Loop

Sugar Camp Hollow Trail provides the most immersive backcountry experience in Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, looping thr…

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Whittleton Branch Trail

📍 Natural Bridge State Resort Park, KY

Moderate 📏 3.6 Out-and-Back

Whittleton Branch Trail follows the Whittleton Branch stream upstream through one of the Red River Gorge area's most arc…

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X Cave Tour Trail

📍 Carter Caves State Resort Park, KY

Moderate 📏 1.5 Loop

The X Cave Tour Trail combines a short surface approach with a guided wild cave spelunking experience through X Cave—one…

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Big Woods Loop Cycling and Hiking

📍 Visitor Center, Brownsville

Moderate 📏 10.0 Loop

The gravel roads through the Big Woods section of Mammoth Cave National Park provide one of the finest forested cycling …

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