Sheltowee Trace
The Sheltowee Trace is a long-distance National Recreation Trail extending across Kentucky and Tennessee, primarily through the Daniel Boone National Forest and the Big South Fork National River and R...
Route geometry pending verification.
We don't yet have an OpenStreetMap relation for this trail. Terminus pins are shown from cited sources; the full polyline will be added after manual GPX verification.
- Length
- 343 mi
- Thru-hike
- 21–30 days
- Elev. gain
- —
- States
- 2
About the route
The Sheltowee Trace is a long-distance National Recreation Trail extending across Kentucky and Tennessee, primarily through the Daniel Boone National Forest and the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Named after Daniel Boone, who was given the name Sheltowee ("Big Turtle") by Shawnee leaders.
Termini
Terminus A
Burnt Mill Bridge Trailhead, Big South Fork NRRA, TN
36.3872, -84.6297
Terminus B
Northern Rowan County, near Morehead, KY
38.3853, -83.4161
Verified waypoints
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What we don't yet have
We deliberately do not display water sources, resupply towns, shuttle services, or trail-side businesses on this page. Those change every season and an out-of-date pin can be a safety issue, especially on the high-desert and alpine sections of long trails. Use the trail association's published guide, FarOut, or Guthook for that level of detail; verify with rangers before relying on any cached source.
Official sources
Last verified by us: 2026-05-14
Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Reconfirm alerts, permits, and closures with the agency before you go.
States traversed
Editor's note
OSM parent relation not available; geometry will need manual GPX import.