Daniel Boone National Forest

Kentucky’s Greatest Outdoor Treasure

About This Region

Encompassing a total of 2.1 million acres with 708,000 acres of managed lands, Daniel Boone National Forest provides more hiking opportunities than can be explored in a single lifetime.

The area includes countless natural rock arches, playful waterfalls, and stunning clifftop vistas with many of the most beautiful places remaining shrouded in thick, hardwood forests.

For hearty off-trail hikers, the forest holds abundant hidden treasures that remain difficult to reach, but provide stunning scenes rarely visited by others.


Cumberland Ranger District


London Ranger District


Stearns Ranger District


Redbird Ranger District