From highway 80 east of Somerset, a little before reaching the Rockcastle River, you can get on the Squib-Ano Road and go to the Bolthouse Ridge Road, part of which is shown here. This road goes along high ground part way, then heads down to a lower level, but still way above the Rockcastle River. On that level, it goes parallel to the cliff overlooking the river, then winds down to the bottom level, along the river.

Befor going on down to the river, there is a good overlook place to stop, right by the road, which is near the cliff. This scene is looking directly across above the river. Needless to say, there are high cliffs on both sides.

This is a view looking upriver from that same overlook. The air was hazy that day.

This is a part of the road that descends to the river. Part of it is somewhat steep, and I think a 4x4 is much more suitable than normal drive.

At the bottom, you can go left or right. The right turn, downriver, goes a short distance to the mouth of Lick Creek. There is a room there to turn around, and park. A lower level area below that is fairly clear, and people sometimes camp there.

The road to the left goes a longer distance, upriver. Shown here is part of it. Right after turning left, there is a rough place that is getting eroded. The road goes down and then turns sharply left. There are wet, muddy places along there, and 4x4 is necessary. This year, we drove down there and found something unexpected in the road, wet sand. I drove through there a few times before and didn't have trouble with sand. The Ford 150 truck (4x4) we were in that time promptly got stuck. The front tires bogged down. We had to put branches under the tires to get out. A piece of old carpet helped too.

This is a view of the Rockcastle looking upriver. This is over on the right side, from the T at the bottom of the descent, near the mouth of Lick Creek. A path goes down to the creek, which usually has some water flowing out to the river. Sometimes it is possible to get out to the river side without wading.

Another view from Bolthouse Ridge Road.

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