Kentucky trails · Red River
Red River
A 21.1-mile point-to-point in Kentucky, with 201 ft of climbing. Reaches Moonshiner Arch and other arch destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 227 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Moonshiner Arch (arch)
- Red-byrd Arch (arch)
- Sky Bridge (arch)
Getting there
OSBORNE BEND TRAILHEAD — parking nearby, restroom, water. 37.82029, -83.57487 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:36 a.m., the sun rises at 7:03 a.m. and sets at 8:05 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:32 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 02 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 21.1-mile route takes roughly 7 h 56 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:58 p.m. — 5 h 07 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Osborne Bend Loop — 0.0 mi
- Douglas Trail — 0.0 mi
- Swift Camp Creek — 1.5 mi
- Rough — 5.0 mi