Decoding Road Numbers in Land between the Lakes

[@danib6541]

Thank you for showing all the roads! And thank you thank you thank you for playing nice calming music that’s not annoying!❤

[@HEKNBAK]

You're welcome! It's our pleasure to share and we agree - the music sets the tone! I love picking out music for our videos. Thanks for those kind words and for watching!

[@josephy.1781]

Very good and informative information. Thank you very much.

[@HEKNBAK]

We're glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@MitchellTickle1962]

Learn so much past History, thanks Folk's !

[@HEKNBAK]

@@MitchellTickle1962 we love learning and sharing this kind of stuff! We are fascinated by LBL.

[@BackroadExploits]

Very thorough guide to LBL! I enjoy places like this and exploring but knowing me, I'd get stuck without 4 wheel drive and then wouldn't be able to call for help, LOL. Enjoyed the scenery.

[@HEKNBAK]

Haha! That is always one of our concerns too, lol! We did find ourselves in one spot where we thought we were gonna have a problem, but after a couple tries we were able to get ourselves out! I'd be lying though if I said I wasn't a little scared!

[@daisymae3511]

Some roads more than our van could handle. Whew! Nice presentation, Gina...💫

[@HEKNBAK]

Thanks Daisy! There were a couple we weren't sure we would want to pull our trailer down either even though it's an off-road trailer, lol!

[@daisymae3511]

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[@bunhead8]

clear as the mud you drove through, I enjoy your videos very much, thank you.

[@HEKNBAK]

Lol, thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ilsejoyce]

Great information. I always look forward to your videos. Thank you!

[@HEKNBAK]

Awesome! Thank you so much for watching - we appreciate you!

[@OldIronOffroad]

Great video. will be spending a week in the area very soon!

[@HEKNBAK]

Have fun! There is so much to explore here. Thanks for watching and commenting too!

[@timbaileymiller7084]

This is so informative! nobody we talked to at visitor center or gate houses told us this. definitely going back and checking this stuff out. great video!

[@HEKNBAK]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for commenting!

[@tomshane7231]

Great information, thanks for sharing!

[@HEKNBAK]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@angkortraveling862]

Great day to exploring with your video thanks you so much for your sharing please have a good day from Angkor Wat temple I'm still your fan video thanks

[@HEKNBAK]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@heydavebell]

great information. Thanks for sharing the video.

[@HEKNBAK]

Thanks so much for watching - hope it was helpful!

[@MrGbwoods]

very good info. we plan on being there next month and this helped us tremendously

[@HEKNBAK]

Thank you! So glad it helps. Hope you have a great time there! We always enjoy our visits.

[@kentuckyadv]

Wow! Thanks for sharing. This was a lot of useful information for me. I plan on riding the area in 2024 and am looking forward to it more now that I understand the road numbering system.

[@HEKNBAK]

Glad it was helpful! Have fun!

[@royhawkins9499]

Very informative thanks for sharing.

[@HEKNBAK]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@markspinner7220]

Very well done and thorough. Thankyou!!!

[@HEKNBAK]

Thank you so much! Hope it is helpful!

[@miguelserrano7275]

Thank you sooo much. Me and my buddy are going there in September and we're debating vs reservations and the Backcountry permit, ✅ know what we're doing now.

[@HEKNBAK]

So glad it was helpful! LBL is an awesome place - hope you have a great adventure!

[@MidTnOutdoors]

I love exploring all of the roads at LBL. Just found your channel and subbing.

[@HEKNBAK]

Welcome! Awesome and Thank You, let us know of any secret spots we miss.

[@MidTnOutdoors]

@@HEKNBAK I have Mapped a lot of it on Gaia either driving my truck or in a friends Jeep. My favorite thing is looking at the old cemeteries.

[@HEKNBAK]

We like to do that too, and we get really excited when we find old foundations, cars, etc also, lol! We're trying to get better about marking things we find. We often forget to do that!

[@drewlankford5130]

Great information ..... thank you

[@HEKNBAK]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Jon_boat_adventures]

Thanks. This is a helpful well done video.

[@HEKNBAK]

Thanks for watching!

[@DennisPitcock-o5n]

Thanks! This was very helpful. I was looking for some information on exploring lbl on a motorcycle and was directed to your video.

[@HEKNBAK]

Awesome! Hope it helps. We've never explored on a motorcycle, but that could definitely be fun out there!

[@danieln3999]

There are a couple 300 and 200 roads that look fine at the beginning and are fine at the end, but the middle sections you can get in over your head and you only have the option of powering through and then going back out or backing back out the way you came in.

[@HEKNBAK]

Yes! That's why we are a little hesitant to pull our camper down some of them until we have scoped them out first. It's an off-road trailer with great ground clearance, but if you watched our Spaas Creek Trail video, that only goes so far, lol! We have found some beautiful dispersed campsites at the end of many of them.

[@YourFriendStChris]

My OnX Offroad Guide to knowing the number system.. The two noteworthy main roads of LBL are the Woodland Trace Scenic Byway FS 100 going 43 miles north to south, and the Canton Road / US-68 going 9.5 miles east to west (counting the bridges) through the center. If you are looking for nothing but an offroad outing, Turkey Bay OHV Area is your place, featuring hundreds of trails of natural rock, dirt, and mud over a 2,200-acre plot of land. On the main LBL Peninsula, a few decoding practices via the number system can be used to find directions or a trail of your desired level in the area. 100 and 200 number routes will be your easiest routes; these can be primaries or upper secondaries (most are paved or gravel, rarely natural). 100 roads are in the northern Kentucky section, and 200 roads are in the southern Tennessee section. 300 roads are generally natural terrain, and the rare 400 roads are more of the same natural terrain; unlike 100 and 200s, these are not state-specific. Another general rule of numbers within all routes of LBL is the lower the number the more north (like 112 in north Kentucky, 206 in north Tennessee, or 302 in north LBL), and the higher the number the further south (like 171 in south Kentucky, or 230 in south Tennessee, or 384 in south LBL). 400 roads are the exception, being randomly placed.

[@HEKNBAK]

@@YourFriendStChris thanks for sharing that! We covered most of that in the video but didn't know that OnX had descriptions of whole areas like this. We use it for navigation but have never seen this. We got our info from the MVUM. We need to explore OnX features more! That's a great summary.

[@rachelherrera]

I did not know what an MVU is... this was VERY helpful. Thank you.

[@HEKNBAK]

Glad to be informative. Thanks for watching.

[@gz4405]

Great video. Thanks for taking the time to make this. When you say a high clearence vehicle is needed, how high of a lift would you recommend?

[@HEKNBAK]

We just have a 2 inch leveling kit on ours, and that was fine. There were a couple places though that we decided not to go down just to be safe since we were solo. There are many roads that could be done in any vehicle, especially a truck or SUV that already has a little more ground clearance. Some of the more remote roads get very muddy after a lot of rain so might want a little more if you want to do those. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching!

[@thetruthspeaksvolumesq4351]

You better be carrying a powerful weapon in this location 👽🦶🐶

[@HEKNBAK]

There is always a risk anywhere we go, but we try to be prepared for whatever we might encounter.

[@RobsLBL]

You should know by the cuts in the road that these are old wagon trails

[@paulsimpson9286]

what songs/singers did you use in the video

[@HEKNBAK]

Andalusia by Kylie Dailey, Beauty in the Mundane by Bird of Figment and Trick of the Memory by Victor Lundberg. All the music we use in our videos is licensed through Epidemic Sound. Hope you enjoyed! I love picking out music for our videos!

[@poc8790]

Are any of the roads gated?

[@HEKNBAK]

Occasionally we will come across a gate, but that really hasn't been an issue out here. Usually when we see a gate, you can tell that something has happened beyond the gate to cause it to be closed. In many national forests we have come across roads that are gated to prevent vehicle traffic even though the road is still passable, but we haven't seen much of that in LBL.

[@DC4L_86]

Lots of roads are blocked off now and all growed up. They don't take care of a lot of it like they did years ago.

[@HEKNBAK]

@@DC4L_86 we are seeing that in a lot of national forests unfortunately. We hear about budget cuts and personnel shortages, which I'm sure is a factor, but who knows what the whole story may be. We know in some places, areas have been closed due to them being damaged or trashed.

[@NONANTI]

Gated roads lead to Dogman spawning areas.

[@crazykev5]

Sounds like i shouldn't take my Prius down anything other then 100s lol

[@HEKNBAK]

@@crazykev5 Lol! Probably not, but that would be an adventure!

[@YourFriendStChris]

Not entirely true.. The Woodson Cemetery Road FS 129 is perfect for a Prius. But something like the Racetrack Hollow FS 131 is not your typical 100 road and is not Prius friendly.

[@EddieRobinson-sh1sp]

What out.. supposed be werewolf s down there..

[@HEKNBAK]

We've heard that!