MFRP

The Miller Fork Recreational Preserve (MFRP) is a 309-acre tract of land in Lee County, Kentucky, that the RRGCC closed on in May of 2013 with the help of the Access Fund’s Land Conservation Campaign. The RRGCC received grant money from the Access Fund to help make a $45,000 down payment. After being awarded a $35,000 matching grant from the Conservation Alliance in 2014 and making the last of five annual mortgage payments in 2017, the RRGCC now owns the MFRP, securing climbing access on that land in perpetuity!

The Miller Fork parking lot, completed in the summer of 2014 with help from local oil and construction companies, is located on about a mile down an offshoot road, after it splits from Hell Creek road, just before a wide creek creek crossing. Its GPS coordinates are 37°38'31.9?N 83°40'44.0?W (37.642204, -83.678900). To get there, travel 9.3 miles away from Miguel's towards Beattyville. Turn left on Schumaker Ridge Road and travel 3.5 miles down the road. Turn right on Hell Creek Road (no sign for the road) and go down a steep gravel road that is next to the Sunrise Mountain Retreat and Angel Falls Rd. There is a signpost for the MFRP, but occasionally it has been vandalized. Travel .8 miles down the hill. At the bottom of the hill turn right on the gravel road before the creek. Travel 1.2 miles down this road and the parking lot will be on the left (Google Maps).

Related links:

• Please sign a RRGCC waiver before visiting
• KNOW your location in case of an emergency at the BRRP/PMRP - know the road you are on, not just the crag you are at. Call 911. Ambulance map & driving directions.
• Check out maps of the property here.
• FAQs include questions/answers about the PMRP.
• Ray Ellington’s MFRP guidebook, with more info on Miller Fork routes and crags than you can imagine – and the publisher is donating a percentage of the profits to the RRGCC!
• Ray Ellington’s online guidebook, which contains listings of Miller Fork routes and crags.*
• Dario Ventura and Jon Kulikowski’s MFRP promo video.