Kentucky
Snake along hidden inlets as you follow the shore of America's largest inland peninsula.
Our favorite high-risk, high-reward adventures in North America.
Our trail scouts' top local hikes
Your favorite Appalachians hikes—from dayhikes to weekenders to multiday trips.
Your favorite parks, weekend getaways, peak ascents, campsites, and more in the Appalachians.
See glowing plankton, mushrooms, and bugs on these brilliant adventures.
Accessible national forests like the George Washington and Jefferson surround national park gems like Great Smoky and Shenandoah in a southern terrain that varies dramatically from Florida's Everglades to West Virginia's wilderness.
16 wild ways to find backcountry solitude and big-time scenery. All this, and you can bring the ice chest, too.
Look closely for the path to this high point.
Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Kentucky.
Hike up and down oak- and hickory-covered ridgetops, or explore underground.
Hike from Kentucky to Tennessee along an inland peninsula.
Gorgeous gorge: Where the arches outnumber the footprints.
"October is the month for painted leaves," Thoreau mused. He could have been talking about Kentucky's Red River Gorge.
Kentucky's Cumberland Falls provide spectacular waterworks, day or night.
