Natural Bridge State Park

The Natural Bridge was amazing and well worth the visit any way you get there. If you take the Battleship Rock trail, counter clockwise, you get a lot of stairs, uphill.. You can get to the bridge by a few routes as well as a Skylift. Winter trail closings are for real so do some research before you head out! Also, it's Bear country so make sure your food is stored properly!

This was a really fun place to hike. The most famous hike is to the natural bridge. It is awesome, and comparable to something you would see out west. It was a 1.5 mil hike up, the younger kids complained but made it. The hike down was quick. There is a skinny staircase that is called fat man's misery. It was a fun hike all around. Highly recommend! Also don't forget line dancing every Saturday night at 6:30.

I've been here a couple times, and the natural Bridge State Park is always a home run each time. It's got a good hiking and walking trails. It's a lot of fun has waterfalls objects to look at landmarks. A lot of cool stuff for sure I would recommend it.

A diversion from the more famous Red River Gorge, this park is built around a natural bridge. At least for me, the term connotes a rock formation in southern Virginia, but I've also been to one in Australia; natural bridges are apparently pretty common. Arriving at one of several parking lots in the ravine, I found a fairly developed lake area that is probably fun for summer camp but didn't suggest anything overly natural or interesting. The hike to the bridge is short as the crow flies, but at least according to my watch traversing roughly four miles involved climbing the equivalent of 44 sets of stairs. It's a workout.Upon arriving at the bridge, it was worthy of building a park around. Apparently the original park was the end of a rail line for timber (sadly no longer available). In the present day, I was quite surprised to see no ropes or fences whatsoever on the bridge itself, which you can definitely walk up to (using a claustophobia-inducing pathway) and cross. Don't get me wrong, the bridge is pretty wide and pretty stable, but given all the small children and the vagaries of weather conditions, I got very nervous with the whole thing and kept my distance. Some of the locals did not.Even on a gloomy winter day, it was apparently too much to expect to get a shot of the thing without various other people monkeying around (though at least you get a sense of scale). In nicer weather, I expect that the crowds will come flowing in, as there seemed to be plenty of other activities.

The Gorge area is so beautiful! Had some relatives in town from Texas. They loved the peacefulness and the views from the skylight and atop the Natural Bridge.

Beautiful. It rained on me most of the time. But we had a great time. Walked to the Natural Bridge on the Original Trail. The trails are great, laid out nicely with benches to rest on. I tried out every one of them. The hills and woods are scenic with little flowers starting to bloom. The Bridge is awesome. You can see forever from the top. So beautiful.

Challenging uphill hike, but the view was worth it! Breathtaking photo opps at the top of Natural Bridge!

For years we've been hiking at hocking hills in Ohio and wanted to hike something different. We booked a cabin at the Natural Bridge State Park which was convenient and easy access to get to any trails. You don't have to drive far to hike the many trails they have to offer! Also there are nearby restaurants if you don't feel like cooking at home. So far we hiked the Whittleton Trail which is combined with the Whittleton Arch which is worth getting to. Very tiny water fall which resembles a little like hocking hills trails. This trail is pet friendly. Make sure to check online on which trails allow pets. Next on our list is Hiking to The Natural Bridge which does not allow pets, so we will have to wait.The trails itself are beautiful/scenic, maintained, clean and easy to spot mile markers. I know we've finally found our spot for nice weekend getaway. This park is breathtaking.

Spectacular! We took the sky lift up to the "bridge" and once at the top there are lots of trails to different viewpoints. And you can walk across the massive stone bridge. Some stairs and steep slopes, but most can be voided via another trail. Well worth the visit.

A beautiful area. Nicely packed gravel sites. I really don't like leaving negative comments but the showers were totally disgusting. Old, moldy around shower base, buggy. Don't look like they get cleaned every day like most places. The office smells like a bunch of cats. I almost lost my lunch and was afraid the smell would permeate my clothes. Probably will look elsewhere if I come this way again.