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Palisades Overlook, also known as the Kentucky River Overlook, is located on the Overlook White Trail where Chandler Creek meets the Kentucky River. Though the viewpoint is small and can get crowded, arriving early ensures you can enjoy the scenic views into the gorge without a wait. The overlook offers a beautiful perspective of the river, gorge, and woods.

Cloud Splitter's history traces back at least a couple of thousand years before the first Europeans arrived in what is now Kentucky. Overlooks, including Cloud Splitter's summit, served as crucial lookout posts for the Adena Culture People, protecting against potential attacks from rival tribes in the Red River Gorge.

Freeman Lake Park is composed of a 170-acre parkland, with a smooth, flat, and paved path surrounding a lake. Besides a nice path for a daily run, the park also offers boat rentals, fishing, and tennis courts.

Indian Staircase is a 50-foot scramble up out of the forest. The beginning is more like an actual staircase, but higher up the rock, which has foot and hand holds, hikers must use their hands and feet to climb up the sandstone. Getting up is half the work; coming down can be tricky too. Warning: This hike can be dangerous and possibly deadly. Gauge your ability, don't hike alone, and exercise extreme caution while climbing the Indian Staircase.

Said to be named for its resemblance to a courthouse, this feature stands alone at the north end of Auxier Ridge. Reached as part of several possible loops, the stunning Courthouse Rock makes for an enticing mid-hike destination.

Compared to other geological formations in the area, Haystack Rock's domed shape seems conspicuously different—topped by its disc-shaped apex and circumscribed by the lines that suggest its sedimentary layers.

A perfect viewpoint for taking in the surrounding Red River Gorge geological area, especially when the leaves are in full fall color. Hanson's Point lies in the Cumberland Region of Daniel Boone National Forest, and Hanson's Point trail offers prime birdwatching and mushroom hunting at the right times of year.

Grays Arch is a visually-striking, towering sandstone arch that pays off the effort made to reach it. For safety, the Forest Service recommends using only the eastern portion of the side trail to the arch before continuing on your loop (use the eastern section of #205 Grays Arch Trail as an out-and-back spur rather than as a bypass to connect to #221 Rough Trail on either side of the arch). As always in this area, sturdy footwear that offers good grip in wet conditions is a must!