Daniel Boone National Forest · Kentucky
Osborne Bend Loop
6.8 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 240 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide
Boat launches
Along the way Copperas Creek Canoe Launch
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 37.8204, -83.5751 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Clifty Wilderness the Forest Service's write-up
Clifty Wilderness offers natural beauty and quiet solitude. This 12,646-acre area has more than 20 miles of trail that take hikers through stream valleys with dense hemlock forest and across ridges with spectacular landscape views. The terrain is rugged and steep, offering plenty of physical challenge and adventure. Clifty Wilderness supports an unusual array of flora with 750 flowering plants and 170 species of moss that thrive in the area. This diversity is attributed to geographic location, topography and glacial history. Some plant and animal species in this area are listed as endangered, threatened, sensitive or rare.
This hike on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Daniel Boone National Forest
About this trail's facts
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.
