Hiking and exploring in Red River Gorge
Octopus Night, an animated illustration inspired by campgrounds in Red River Gorge, Kentucky, by Mighty.Beautiful Art Studio
Rainbows, rock bridges, trees and
the river that runs through it
A Mighty.Beautiful Photo Album
Who doesn’t love a good road trip through rural Kentucky? Part of the Daniel Boone National Forest, Red River Gorge is one of the state’s most beautiful areas, notable for its waterfalls, natural stone arches and unusual rock formations.
A pit stop I definitely recommend is Rock Bridge Trail to Creation Falls, a small but multi-tiered waterfall that requires a short but steep 1.4-mile loop hike down into the gorge. Just past (or before, depending on which way you hike) the waterfall is The Rock Bridge, the only natural bridge arch in the area as it’s the only one that crosses over the Red River. The trail was beautiful and at the end of it I marveled at the way the sun lit up the leaves of the
The area is good for its scenic drive, too. The Red River Scenic byway is 46 miles long and my own drive through was stormy and magical — I got a double rainbow! Life Rule No. 3: If you spot a rainbow, always, always, always stop whatever else you’re doing and take some pictures. (I one time tried to find the end of a rainbow but it’s basically impossible so, while that’s fun, I don’t actually recommend it.)
Below are all my favorite photos from the excursion! If you like what you see, you can purchase them all as high-quality print-worthy .jpgs in a Mighty.Beautiful Photography Package and print them at your leisure for whatever personal uses you’d like (NOT for resale but feel free to print a few as gifts to family or friends!).
Download more than 90 high-quality professionally edited photographs from Red River Gorge, Kentucky for personal use only. Upload files to the print service of your choice to print when and how you wish. Photographs/prints cannot be resold. A great travel souvenir landscape photography package including photographs of rainbows, waterfalls and forest scenes. Requires customer to download a total of 2 zip files for the complete set of images.
