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Wild places in Kentucky

This atlas lists 3 plates in Kentucky, including Mammoth Cave National Park, Red River Gorge, and Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.

Kentucky has 3 plates in this atlas across canyon, karst, and waterfall country.

Red River Gorge, Kentucky — A sandstone prow over autumn hardwood
FrontispieceRed River Gorge, Kentucky
Plates
3

Top picks

Top picks in Kentucky

  1. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
  2. Red River Gorge, Kentucky
  3. Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, Kentucky

Kentucky

The plates

A sandstone prow over autumn hardwoodPlate LXXVI

canyon37.8° N · 83.6° W

Red River Gorge

Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky

A hidden canyon of arches under a Kentucky forest.

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River Styx, a partly subterranean waterway, emerges onto the surface in Mammoth Cave National ParkPlate CCCLXVII

karst37.2° N · 86.1° W

Mammoth Cave National Park

Green River valley, Edmonson County, Kentucky

A limestone maze the length of a state, under a quiet Kentucky plain.

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Cumberland Falls, Kentucky, taken late September 2005Plate CDI

waterfall36.8° N · 84.3° W

Cumberland Falls State Resort Park

Cumberland River, near Corbin, Kentucky

The wide fall Kentuckians call the Niagara of the South.

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