Big South Fork Wild River

​​​​​About Big ​South Fork Wild River​

The Big South Fork (BSF) Wild River corridor of the Cumb​erland River reaches from the Tennessee border at BSF River to Blue Heron. Most of the Big South Fork Wild River is included in the Kentucky section of the 125,000-acre Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The Big South Fork has been described as one of the most popular canoe-camping runs in the southeastern Unites States. See our Wild Rivers program page for information on what it means to be a Kentucky Wild River.