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id: "2482"
name: Red River Gorge Scenic Byway
distance: "46"
duration: Take one hour to drive or five hours to experience the entire byway.
description: One of the nation's special natural areas, Red River Gorge offers stone arches, caves, cliffs, ravines, and waterflows. Designated as a National Natural Landmark, a National Wild and Scenic River, and a National Geological Area, the landscape of this part of Kentucky offers scenic, natural, and recreation experiences.
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websites:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Gorge
    name: Wikipedia
attractions:
  - url: https://gopoco.org/
    name: Red River Gorge
designations:
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Kentucky State Scenic Byway
states:
  - KY
ll:
  - -83.858452
  - 37.84557000000012
bounds:
  - - -83.858452
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  - - -83.57441699999998
    - 37.84627200000011

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One of the nation's special natural areas, Red River Gorge offers stone arches, caves, cliffs, ravines, and waterflows. Designated as a National Natural Landmark, a National Wild and Scenic River, and a National Geological Area, the landscape of this part of Kentucky offers scenic, natural, and recreation experiences.