Visitor Maps and Guides
The Daniel Boone National Forest provides a variety of map products to help you plan your next adventure or enjoy your next visit. Forest maps are available online for free download or purchase at the Forest Service Map page, the US Geological Survey (USGS) Store or at Forest offices and visitor centers. Many Forest maps are also available for free download or purchase through the Avenza PDF Maps Store.
Use the Interactive Forest Visitor Map to locate roads, campgrounds, trails and other recreation sites on the Daniel Boone National Forest. You can zoom in for high resolution detail and change the background map to suit your needs. Using the Tools icon, you can print your map or save it as a Geo PDF map. You can then import your Geo PDF to your phone or tablet using a program like Avenza to show your live location on the map - even without a cell signal
MVUM show the National Forest System roads, National Forest System trails and the areas on National Forest System lands in the Daniel Boone National Forest that are designated for motor vehicle use pursuant to 36 CFR 212.51. These maps also note the types of vehicles that are allowed on each route or in each area as well as any seasonal restrictions that apply on those routes and in those areas.
Designation of a road, trail or area for motor vehicle use by a particular class of vehicle under 36 CFR 212.51 should not be interpreted as encouraging or inviting use, or to imply that the road, trail or area is passable, actively maintained, or safe for travel.
There are two congressionally designated Wilderness Areas on the Daniel Boone National Forest. The Rock Bridge, Swift Camp Creek, and Wildcat Trails Map may help you plan a trip to the Clifty Wilderness in the Red River Gorge or you can explore additional maps and satellite images of our wilderness areas on Wilderness.net.
The Daniel Boone Habitat Map shows wildlife openings, constructed wildlife wetlands, and wildfire and timber harvest activity since 2010.
The Cave Run Lake Fish Attractors Map shows locations where the KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has created habitat reefs, or extensive areas of mixed habitat types, using trees, brush piles, pallet structures and plastic structures. Explore other Kentucky Lakes with Fish Attractors.
The Laurel River Lake Fish Attractors Map shows locations where the KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has created habitat reefs, or extensive areas of mixed habitat types, using trees, brush piles, pallet structures and plastic structures. Explore other Kentucky Lakes with Fish Attractors.
FSTopo map products overlay U.S. Forest Service roads, trails and campgrounds on U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps. They are available for download by quadrangle as geo-referenced PDFs. This means they can be printed or used with an app like Avenza to show your live location on the map using your mobile device's built-in GPS.
The National Forest System Land Ownership & Boundary Information is an online map product shows Forest Service Land Status Record System (LSRS) data. The LSRS data published via this map product is considered to be the authoritative source for Forest Service ownership. The data is designed to provide land status information necessary to manage National Forest System lands and national resources.
For Sale Paper Maps
Cave Run Lake and Red River Gorge maps are large fold-out plastic maps containing trail locations and topographic information at a scale of 1:24,000. These maps are ideal for hiking or other outdoor recreation pursuits in the Red River Gorge and Cave Run Lake areas.
The Redbird and Stearns Ranger Districts maps are large fold-out plastic maps containing shade relief covering these entire districts. The Redbird District map is at a scale of 1:26,720 and Stearns District map is at a scale of 1:84,480.
The north, south and central forest maps are paper. Each covers approximately one third of the forest and does not illustrate topographic lines. The scale of forest maps is 1:126,720. This scale is sufficient for finding access routes to national forest system lands, but would usually not be adequate for field orienteering.