5300 -Campbellsville: Tebbs Bend to the Creelsboro Arch

Campbellsville: Tebbs Bend to the Creelsboro Arch

by Jim Moore

This is an out-and-back tour between two rivers, the Green and the Cumberland, crossing 3 counties, Taylor, Adair, and Russell. The ride begins at the site of the noted Civil War Battle of Tebbs Bend, then wends southward through Columbia and on to the Rock House Natural Bridge, AKA the Creelsboro Arch, the largest natural arch east of the rockies.

Meet at Tebbs Bend-Green River Nature Area, just off Ky 55, a few miles south of Campbellsville.

Campbellsville: Tebbs Bend to the Creelsboro Arch RC: Jim Moore
		Outbound
Total		Action	Leg
0.0	R	Tebbs Bend Rd	0.3
0.3		Cross Green River Bridge Continue on Tebbs Bend Rd	3.0
3.3	R	Ky 55	1.0
4.3	R	Ky 565 Green Co line in 1.4 miles.	4.5
8.8	L	Ky 1913	2.5
11.3	R	Skinhouse Branch Rd(unsigned)(There are signs for Mt Gilead Church)	1.6
12.9	BL	Ky 767 (unsigned) Adair Co line in 0.1 mile	3.9
16.8	R	to stay on Ky 767 (at stop) Columbia city limit in 3.8 miles	4.1
20.9	BL	Greensburg St (at stop)	0.6
21.5	R	Ky 55 (Circle halfway around the square for the turn.)	1.2
22.7		Store Stop on R, Speedway Continue on Ky 55	0.9
23.6	R	Ky 704	5.1
28.7	L	Ky 768	3.7
32.4	R	Ky 55 (at T) Hardscratch Store is 0.1 to the left.(Quick turn!)	0.1
32.5	R	Ky 900	5.5
38.0	L	Ky 3265 Melson Ridge Rd (at T)	0.1
38.1		Store Stop on L, long driveway. Continue on Ky 3265. Russell Co line in 1 mile (unsigned)	2.9
41.0	R	Ky 1058 Creelsboro Rd (at T)	3.3
44.3	R	Ky 379 in Creelsboro	3.8
46.7	L	down gravel road to Rock House Natural Bridge (Go past the monument and hike down the short, rocky trail. Look to the right to see the archway and the Cumberland River beyond.)	0.2

Campbellsville: Tebbs Bend to the Creelsboro Arch RC: Jim Moore
		Inbound
Total		Action	Leg
46.9		Up gravel road to the highway	0.2
47.1	R	Ky 379	2.4
49.5	L	Ky 1058 Creelsboro Rd (at T)	3.3
52.8	L	Ky 3265 Melson Ridge Rd	2.9
55.7		Store Stop on R, long driveway Continue on Ky 3265	0.1
55.8	R	Ky 900	5.5
61.3	L	Ky 55 (at T) (Hardscratch Store is 0.2 mi., on R)	0.1
61.4	L	Ky 768	3.7
65.1	R	Ky 704	5.1
70.2	R	Ky 55 (at T)	0.9
71.1		Store Stop on L, Speedway (Continue on Ky 55)	1.2
72.3	R	Greensburg St (Circle halfway around the square for the turn)	0.6
72.9	BR	Ky 767	4.1
77.0	L	to stay on Ky 767 (at stop)	3.9
80.9	BR	Skinhouse Branch Rd (unsigned)	1.6
82.5	L	Ky 1913 (at T)	2.5
85.0	R	Ky 565 (at T)	4.5
89.5	L	Ky 55 (at T)	1.0
90.5	L	Tebbs Bend Rd	3.0
93.5		Cross Green River Bridge
		Continue on Tebbs Bend Rd	.3
93.8		Tebbs Bend-Green River Nature Area