The Gladie Creek Cabin, the oldest structure in Red River Gorge, was built during the 1880s. Reminiscent of pioneer days, it seems fitting that the Gladie Creek Historic Site is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest. The cabin was used as a post office for the community at the mouth of Gladie Creek. Now refurbished and decorated with period furniture and housewares, the cabin offers a genuine representation of early American settlers' homes. Nearby the Gladie Creek Bridge on State Route 715 byway travelers will discover the Gladie Creek Cultural Environmental Learning Center. The center houses exhibits of a period during heavy logging as well as local geology of the Red River Gorge.
   Red River Gorge Geological Area is also known for its natural sandstone arches. The area holds one of the greatest concentrations of arches east of the Mississippi. Featuring over 80 arches, these arches and natural bridges were carved over a 100 million years ago through the softer shale and siltstone. Hiking trails lead through a maze of side canyons, along the ridges and beneath high sandstone cliffs, creating for a variety of hiking and arch hunting adventures.
   Kentucky history, wilderness hiking, Red River paddling, and arch hunting are all wrapped together on this National Scenic Byway. Beginning in Stanton, the 46 mile Red River Gorge Scenic Byway winds across the Daniel Boone National Forest, through the historic Nada Tunnel (single lane), loops around to Slade, and then heads southward to Zachariah. The byway follows two branches of the Red River. An exceptional Class I to Class III waterway after heavy rains during late fall and spring, this section in the gorge was designated a National Wild and Scenic River in 1993.

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