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It is my understanding that there is no climbing on or within 300 foot of arches. Is this only in the DBNF or is that a policy throughout the RRG?

Thats weird because I think it is perfectly legal to climb below double arch.

From my understanding, there are only select arches in the Daniel Boone National Forest where climbing and/or rappelling is prohibited. This includes Gray's Arch and Sky Bridge Arch (in the RRG), and Natural Arch in the southern end of the DBNF near the Big South Fork NRRA.

I do not believe that there is a ban on climbing on or around other natural arches in the Daniel Boone National Forest or RRG. On private land it is up to the land owner whether or not people climb on or around natural arches, and off the top of my head I can't think of any areas where this is an issue.

Funny story . . . a friend of mine in western Kentucky knew a person who destroyed (altered? improved?) an arch on his property so he could place a double-wide trailer there instead. Apparently it was a large enough arch for the land owner to drive his truck through.

There are hundreds of arches in the Daniel Boone National Forest, not just in the RRG but all over the forest. No comprehensive inventory has been compiled by any government agency. I'm more of a waterfall connoisseur, but arches are certainly amazing landforms.

Thank you.

From The Man:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/dbnf/recr ... rdb5277143