The trail makes a foot elevation gain from the lodge to ultimately arrive at the sandstone arch, which stands 65 feet high and spans 78 feet in length. And people like it because you can walk on top of it.
After squeezing through, turn left to cross atop the foot-wide Natural Bridge. The view from here overlooks the Red River Gorge landscape, with distant sandstone cliffs towering over lush valleys. Continue following the Laurel Ridge Trail for about a half-mile, or maybe more, before arriving at a cliff called Lookout Point. That arch has since collapsed. That outcrop goes by several names, including Profile Rock, because the lower part of the rock can look like the profile of a face when seen from a certain angle.
Combs Mountain Parkway to Slade, Ky. Contact: Call or visit parks. He suggests using a hiking stick or poles to take pressure off your knees on the downhill climb, which stretches about an eighth of a mile to reach the Battleship Rock Trail.
At this point, turn right and go a half-mile to an intersection with the Rock Garden Trail. Turn right and go an eighth of a mile. Natural Bridge State Park Camping. Both camping sites are pet-friendly, so bring Fido along to enjoy the great outdoors with you! Natural Bridge, KY Cabins. Most visitors to Natural Bridge in Kentucky rent a cabin during their vacation. Rent a Cabin. Sometimes you want to do something more than just walk along a trail or sit around a fire. What is a trip to Natural Bridge State Park without hiking trails?
For more information, please call Red River Adventure at Book Now. Helpful Links. Contact Us. Signup for our Newsletter. Saltpeter, used in the manufacture of gunpowder, was mined extensively here for use in the War of A large portion of Powell and Wolfe Counties was purchased by timber and railroad companies in the late s.
The Lexington and Eastern Railroad opened Natural Bridge as a public park in and it became one of Kentucky's first state parks in This western edge of the Appalachians is known as the Cumberland Plateau. Most of the ridge-tops are approximately the same height, around feet above sea level. To the east and south the Cumberland Mountains have much higher and less uniform peaks. To the west is the much flatter Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky.
The park has approximately 20 miles of hiking trails for nature observation. The longest trail, Sand Gap, is 7. The Natural Bridge is 78 feet long and 65 feet high, feet above sea level and feet above the Middle Fork of the Red River. The opening was formed many thousands of years ago by the repeated freezing and thawing of the narrow sandstone cliff a process known as "weathering". There are well over arches of various sizes and types within 10 miles of the bridge.
Natural Bridge is home to 89 resident bird species, 34 amphibian species, 31 reptile species, 54 mammal species, 54 ferns and fern ally species, over caterpillar species, tree and woody plant species, and spring wildflower species. Checklists are available at the front desk of Hemlock Lodge.
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