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State guide
When to catch Kentuckythrough the year
We follow 4 places in Kentucky for fall foliage and wildflowers: fall at Cumberland Gap and Daniel Boone National Forest and spring at Daniel Boone National Forest and Mammoth Cave. Each timing below is the place's own source, in its words; none is a forecast.
When are you going?
Winter in Kentucky
Good in winter
- War Fork and Steer ForkTurkey Foot Campground and trailhead open year-round
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Summer in Kentucky
Good in summer
- Cumberland GapGap Cave tours
- Cumberland GapHensley Settlement tours
- Daniel Boone National ForestGreat Meadows Campground open
- Daniel Boone National ForestGrove Campground open
- Daniel Boone National ForestBee Rock (Pulaski side) open
- Daniel Boone National ForestWildflowers along Rock Bridge Trail
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Places in Kentucky
Pin color: each place's season now or next
- Spring
- Fall
Places on this map, as a list
Planning a Kentucky trip
Towns to stay in
Sources: National Park Service · US Forest Service · USA National Phenology Network · USDA Forest Service · checked Sep 30 · How we know