On our way back from West Virginia a couple of weeks ago we drove through the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. Our destination was Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.
They have a beautiful lodge. We ate a late lunch there, and got to sit by one of the big windows and check out the view.
This is the Cumberland River. It flows nearly 700 miles from Harlan, Kentucky, to the Ohio River at Smithland, in the western part of Kentucky.
A sixteen-mile segment from Summer Shoals to Lake Cumberland, which includes the Cumberland Falls area, has been designated a "Kentucky Wild River" and is being preserved in its natural state.
The falls are beautiful, and known as the "Niagara of the South," with a 125-foot wide curtain of water. At night during a full moon that you can see the moonbow, a phenomenon not found anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere.
Although I don't live in Kentucky, I think Cumberland Falls is still a beautiful part of My World!
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Love both your photos. Kentucky looks like it’s beautiful. My brother has gone backpacking there; now I can see why. Thanks for the serene scenery.
Wonderful pics, especially the second one. Thanks for sharing!
Cheers!
Regina In Pictures
This was a wonderful colourful virtual walk.
I would love to go horse-back riding and hiking there…oh! And canoeing, too.
Such a beautiful place
Thanks for a view of your world today,
Lisa
New Mexico, USA
What a drive it must have been. I do want to go hiking here and of course taking pictures.
Thanks for the tour. I love the photos.
That certainly is a beautiful part of the world you travel.
Beautiful!! I’ve added this area to places I have to see! Thanks for sharing!
Great images of stunning scenery. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful images!
Gives me ideas about future vacations.
Thanks for visiting my Wheeling Bridge that you knew from living there – cool.
What a lovely place and nice pics of it – water is nice element and in fall you have a noice too, in bigger pic man can almost hear it:)
Gorgeous landscape. I like your header, btw
What a view! Niagara Falls of the south, eh? The photo DOES resemble the Horseshoe side of the falls, that’s for sure.
Nice post, I’m so glad that part of the river has been preserved in it’s natura state.
That does not happen often enough. You give us lovely views of river and falls. Thank you.
you can only imagine what the early settlers must have thought passing through this region…kentucky is a beautiful and still very wild place in parts.
thanks for sharing this with all of us.
have a most wonderful week.
erin
Beautiful photos, thank you for sharing!
I never heard of a ‘moonbow’…now I want to see it. I love your part of the world anyhow, so may start planning next year’s vacation, watching the moon phases!
Fascinating–thank you!
I thank you for sharing your world. Grateful for the nice visit.
Hugs, Denise
What a beautiful, beautiful place! And you have me SO wanting to see the “moonbow” now.
Thats a lovely autumn landscape! The water photo is awesome too! Lovely world you have!
(Thanks for your kind comment on my page)! Take care!
Nice photos. A beautiful river and falls. Thanks for the informative tour.