From the Civic Park to White Rocks in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a 3-mile hike with 1,900 vertical feet change, the greatest change in elevation for any Kentucky park hike, although the trail starts in Virginia and ends in Kentucky. WhiteFrom the Civic Park to White Rocks in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a 3-mile hike with 1,900 vertical feet change, the greatest change in elevation for any Kentucky park hike, although the trail starts in Virginia and ends in Kentucky. White Rocks is a 300-foot high cliff that served as a landmark for westward moving frontier settlers headed for the Cumberland Gap and the Bluegrass. Sand Cave is an immense sandstone overhang that forms a cave rockhouse with a deep sand floor. The itinerary was Civic Park to Cumberland Summit and Sand Cave via the Ewing Trail and the Ridge Trail, then to White Rocks Camp, White Rocks Overlook, and back to the Civic Park.