Any dog friendly weekend trips to take around midwest, KY, TN?

[gorcorps]

Just curious what would be fun to see if anyone has any ideas. Next month is our first wedding anniversary, and while we don't really have time/money for a long trip, I think something we could drive to within 8ish hours could be doable.

We're in northern Indiana, so it limits us to the midwest area, but we could also reach the western part of Kentucky and some of Tennessee if we really want to push it.

We like woods, natural parks, cabins, stuff like that. Nice areas to see the fall colors would be up our alley. We'd want to take our doggo too, so any parks or areas we'd go to should be dog friendly.

 

[vi edit]

Cumberland trail.

https://rootsrated.com/stories/an-insider-s-guide-to-the-cumberland-trail

 

[Thebobo]

I would head east to Monongahela National forest WVA and places like Dolly Sods, Seneca rocks, Spruce knob, Sinks of Gandy, Otter Creek.

 

[gorcorps]

Cumberland trail.

https://rootsrated.com/stories/an-insider-s-guide-to-the-cumberland-trail

That might be a longer term trip in the future. It's almost 9 hours away from me and looks like there's a lot I'd want to see. I'm still saving this idea though

 

[Thebobo]

Always wanted to go here.

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/

 

[skull]

If you can make it to eastern kentucky the red river gorge is really nice, should only be about an 8 hour drive. Lot of hiking trails you can take the pup on. http://www.redrivergorge.com/

 

[skull]

The pictures on the website dont do it juctice, the place is huge its on the edge of the Appalachian mountains.

 

[drnickriviera]

mammoth cave? doge couldn't do the cave tour obviously, but there are cabins, campgrounds and tons of hiking trails

 

[vi edit]

If you can make it to eastern kentucky the red river gorge is really nice, should only be about an 8 hour drive. Lot of hiking trails you can take the pup on. http://www.redrivergorge.com/

I'm only familiar with natural bridge and trails around it. It's beautiful, but the trails there are not dog friendly.

 

[skull]

I'm only familiar with natural bridge and trails around it. It's beautiful, but the trails there are not dog friendly.

Yeah I guess not for a stupid dog, definitely wouldn't want a leash on him and have him pull me down a cliff with him.

I take my dog down there, he goes on some pretty hairy trails with me. Its not so much hes stupid but nuts he'll leap off a 10' drop off and I'm like great now what are you going to do. Crazy sun bitch takes a run at it and slips his legs like tires spinning tires and will make it up a practically straight up and down cliff. His dumbass came close to leaping off a 30' drop off over the summer he was right on the edge front paws hanging off, looking down, butt up in the air, growling at the damn thing. I had to yell and took off in the woods like a good boy.

We always took my bosses dog down there back in the day too, they always have a blast. The first time I ever took my dog to the gorge he didn't know what to do with himself. My ex old lady had rented a cabin for us, we got there late and were just chilling out at a fire by the cabin. He kept running way off in the woods and coming back like 45 minutes later, crying for us to come with him like come on guys what the hell are you doing you wouldn't believe whats out here come on lets go lets go, then he'd bolt back off and do it again all night long.

Bells around the collar are good way to keep the snakes away, there are some poisonous ones down there.

 

[vi edit]

It's no so much the cliffs around natural bridge, it's the steps. There's a ton of very steep and slippery steps on the natural bridge trails. One is basically a ladder cut out of granite. It's not very dog friendly.

 

[skull]

It's no so much the cliffs around natural bridge, it's the steps. There's a ton of very steep and slippery steps on the natural bridge trails. One is basically a ladder cut out of granite. It's not very dog friendly.

I haven't been to natural bridge non of the trails I've been on have steps. I always try to stay away from anything popular and get by my lonesome. Some of the trails are pretty dangerous I've been on a couple where the trails only a foot wide and your on the edge of a long steep drop. People die there every year mostly being drunk and stupid but some genuine accidents too. The map you get with your parking permit I believe rates the difficulty of the trail.

 

[gorcorps]

Always wanted to go here.

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/

That's probably the most doable of everything listed since it's only 6.5 hours away from me. Will have to look into cabins or something and see how interested the wife would be.

All the rest of these trip ideas look nice too, but I'll have to save them for a solid 4-5 day trip given the distance.