AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Charlestown State Park

Riverview Overlook & Trail 6

4.5 mi · ▲ 349 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Riverview Overlook & Trail 6 is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Charlestown State Park near Oldham Acres, KY. The route reaches Riverview Overlook. It climbs 349 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi436 – 627 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Trail 6 38.39738, -85.63410
Nearest town Oldham Acres, KY
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Riverview Overlook & Trail 6

4.5 mi · ▲ 349 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 435–627 ft

Out & Back · Charlestown State Park

Trailhead: Trail 6 · 38.39738, -85.63410

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:29 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Trail 6, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Riverview Overlook.
  3. 2.3 miReach Riverview Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/riverview-overlook-riverview-overlook-out-back-3-viewpoints

Weather

Sunrise 7:29 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Oldham Acres, Kentucky