Daniel Boone Country daniel boone country a 46 dventure as big as the great outdoors is found in this region named for the frontier explorer who helped pave the way to the American West: the ruggedly beautiful Red River Gorge Geological Area; Natural Bridge, among Kentucky’s thousands of natural sandstone arches; the Niagara of the South at Cumberland Falls; and Daniel Boone National Forest. See Kentucky from top to bottom — from its highest peak at Black Mountain to one of its lowest at Portal 31 Coal Mine. Photo: Southeast Mountain Guides, Campton #TravelKY