Discover The Forest:   https://discovertheforest.org/map

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All Trails app is handy for finding nearby hiking trails & directions from your phone. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/kentucky/dog-slaughter-falls-trail

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OHV Trail Riding (Off-Highway Vehicle): https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/dbnf/recreation/ohv/?recid=39314&actid=93

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OnX Off-Road app:  Find trails & maps all over the U.S.   The site offers a free trial, and yearly subscriptions.  https://www.onxmaps.com/offroad/app  Guest Jim Moss told me about this app

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Motor Vehicle Use maps: The MVUM displays National Forest System (NFS) routes (roads & trails) or areas designated open to motorized travel, as well as allowed access by vehicle class and motorcycles.  The map displays all NFS roads, trails and designated areas allowing public motor vehicle use.  Motorized use includes but is not limited to Motorcycles, ATVs, and 4-wheel drive vehicles. Be aware of National Forest/Federal prohibited & private road and land  use/riding.  https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/dbnf/maps-pubs/?cid=stelprdb5276511

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 Wildcat Offroad Park  is a quick drive down the road (Hwy 25) for some of the best off-roading in the country!  2,000 acre off-road park that will accommodate all off-road enthusiasts!  Over 100 miles of trails with the greatest sites in the South-Eastern United States. Visitors check in at the Park office before parking and entering the park to ride.  Study the map they give you and ask where you can find the old train tunnel and train tracks!  Careful, the tracks are active!  You’ll come across lots of cool hills, rocks, narrows, creeks and trails to climb & conquer!  https://WildcatOffroadPark.com/

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Rockcastle County Mountains:  Peak Advisor https://peakvisor.com/adm/rockcastle-county.html

  

 Off-roading, Overlanding, Mountain Biking, Rock Climbing: You’ll find miles of forest trails riddled through the local mountains, as well as forested off-roading and a creek further down our road (State Rd-1329 aka Lower River Rd). Trail info can be found on various trail apps, Google Maps, and U.S. Forest websites.  
 

​“Overlanding” is about exploration. Vehicle-dependent adventure travel to remote destinations, where the journey is the primary goal, to see and learn about our world. Camping and remote cabins are the primary lodging. Kentucky Adventure Tour aka K.A.T. is a 933 mile “Outlander” off-roading trail which includes route segments.  KAT is the premier Overland Route in Kentucky.  KAT2 goes right down our road (Lower River Rd), you’ll see our Fireglow Forest Campground  on their site. Make note that we’re right off i75 exit 49.  “The Kentucky Adventure Tour is the perfect amalgamation of Appalachia with its quaint towns, scenic rivers, and dense forests.  KAT Segment 2 (242 miles) travels from Livingston to Newcomb, and also traverses through the Daniel Boone Nat’l Forest”.  https://www.OverlandTrailGuides.com/post/Kentucky-Adventure-Trail 

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​Geocaching “is a sport that is a little like hide-and-seek for outdoor enthusiasts. Individuals place a "cache," which is generally a small container with a logbook, a pencil, and maybe a few small trinkets, in a specific location. They note the GPS coordinates and apply for permission for the cache to be published on the web at http://www.geocaching.com/.  If the cache meets the criteria established by Groundspeak, the parent organization of the website, it will be published along with any clues that the person placing the cache has offered. After it is published, individuals may find the clues and coordinates and go look for the cache. They usually write their name or a comment in the logbook and may take a trinket and leave a different trinket they found elsewhere.”   https://discovertheforest.org/activities/geocaching

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U.S. Forest Service:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/recmain/dbnf/recreation

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Fossils & Palentology:  https://discovertheforest.org/activities/fossils,  U.S. Map of fossil parks:   https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fossils/fossil-parks-list.htm