Trace Branch Camping Area
Kentucky
Free — you'll pick up right here.
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What we do know
Inside Daniel Boone National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Trace Branch Camping Area
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About this campground
Trace Branch is a small, dispersed campsite with limited development off Rock Creek Road in McCreary County. The campsite is along Rock Creek, a Kentucky Wild River.
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