Online Map Resources

If you would like to use Google Maps or another commercial map website to get specific driving directions or area road maps, enter your destination on their website as Slade, KY, or Pine Ridge, KY. If a zip code is needed, enter 40376.

The USFS provides the best free trail map available online (.pdf format). Here is a link to the map on their website:
USFS Red River Gorge Brochure Map

Indian Staircase Trail Maps

The trail loop leading to the Indian Staircase (or Stairway) is an unofficial trail that has no USFS trail number, name, or signage, and therefore is not shown on any official USFS map.

Purchasing Printed Maps of the Gorge

Online maps are handy, but they don't come close to showing detail like the portable paper ones do. Below are two links where you can buy a detailed topograghical map, a must-have for the serious backcountry hiker, camper, or climber:

USFS Red River Gorge Map

OutrageGIS.com

Do you want a free Red River Gorge Topo Map for your Garmin Mapping GPS? RRGtoday has not tried this, but it's worth passing along the link: Free GPS map