{"id":7376,"date":"2019-08-15T14:26:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T18:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/?p=7376"},"modified":"2019-08-19T10:45:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T14:45:48","slug":"rockcastle-recreation-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/2019\/08\/15\/rockcastle-recreation-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockcastle Recreation Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/product\/sheltowee-trace-south-trail-map-2015\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Sheltowee Trace South\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SheltoweeTraceSouth_Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hiker\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/2006\/images\/index\/images\/outrageGIS-2006_16.gif\" alt=\"Hiker\" align=\"bottom\"> <strong>Sheltowee Trace North map<\/strong>\n<br>Size: small\n<br>Fee: no\n<br>Accommodations: 23 tent sites (closed due to flooding)\n<br>Amenities: Boat ramp, picnic shelter, vault toilets\n<br>Open seasonally: spring &#8211; fall\n<br>Ownership: Daniel Boone National Forest, USFS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/product\/sheltowee-trace-south-trail-map-2015\/\">Buy Sheltowee Trace South Trail Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/pixel\/_data\/i\/galleries\/060120-MouthRockcastle\/aaa-me.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Rockcastle overlook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rockcastle Recreation Area is situated on the eastern shore of the confluence of the Rockcastle and Cumberland Rivers. The area is surrounded by cliffs with one trail, Scuttlehole Gap Trail, the connects the water with the built overlooks. A 9-mile loop trail follows the banks of Lake Cumberland and the descends into Ned Branch and Twin Branch streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of recent flooding, the riverfront area is closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheltoweetrace.com\/hike\/scenic\/map\/?area=Rockcastle%20Campground\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400px\"><\/iframe>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltoweetrace.com\/hike\/scenic\/map\/?area=Rockcastle%20Campground\">Enlarge map<\/a>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/pixel\/i.php?\/galleries\/LondonRangerDis050409\/adv-la.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Rockshelter and waterfall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/pixel\/_data\/i\/galleries\/060120-MouthRockcastle\/aab-me.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Trail to overlooks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheltowee Trace North map Size: small Fee: no Accommodations: 23 tent sites (closed due to flooding) Amenities: Boat ramp, picnic shelter, vault toilets Open seasonally: spring &#8211; fall Ownership: Daniel Boone National Forest, USFS Buy Sheltowee Trace South Trail Map The Rockcastle Recreation Area is situated on the eastern shore of the confluence of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campgrounds","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7378,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376\/revisions\/7378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}