Red River (Kentucky River tributary)

It rises in the mountainous region of the Cumberland Plateau, in eastern Wolfe County, approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of Campton.

It flows generally west, through Red River Gorge in the Daniel Boone National Forest, then past Stanton and Clay City.

It joins the Kentucky approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Winchester.

The book The Unforeseen Wilderness by Wendell Berry was written to deter the Army Corps of Engineers from damming the Red River Gorge in 1971.

The largest golden redhorse ever taken in Kentucky (4 lbs., 5 oz.)

Wild and Scenic Red River in Wolfe County
Autumn river landscape on the lower Red River