Take a tour of the Red River Gorge Geological Area!

The Red River Gorge was established in 1937 by the United States Forest Service, and was designated a U.S. National Natural Landmark in 1975. At 29,000 acres, much of the park area is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest and is host to thousands of visitors every year. Containing more than 100 natural sandstone arches, Red River Gorge has become one of the top rock climbing destinations in the world. In addition to more arches than you could see in a day, the park offers high sandstone cliffs, waterfalls, rock shelters, camping, ziplining, and even underground boating and kayaking tours!

The goal of this project is to visualize the area created by the Red River.

Relative elevation model of the Red River

An REM is a relative elevation model. These maps are used for easily identifying changes in the stream channel over time. This particular model shows the area surrounding the river that is over 20 feet in elevation.

The Red River helped shape the Red River Gorge by cutting through the sandstone over millions of years to form the arches well known to the area.

Natural Bridge Contour Map

Map shows contours around and location of Natural Bridge in Red River Gorge, Slade Kentucky. Natural Bridge is one of the most well known arches in the Red River Gorge Geological Area and stands 65 feet high and 78 feet long. Enlarge map

Auxier Ridge Trail Map

Trail map was created using Open Street Map query in ArcGIS Pro. Data on the trails was found on the Forest Service website

Going to Natural Bridge

This map shows a fly-over of the road leading to Natural Bridge, with a quick detour up the mountain to the top and over the ridge. The bridge is located in Red River Gorge in the Daniel Boone National Forest.