Trails

Barkman Trail

The Barkman Trail is a short mowed-grass path to the old Barkman Cemetary.
Trail Length (mi)
0.21
Trail Difficulty
Difficulty Meter / introductory
Easy
Estimated Time
20 minutes
Suitability
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
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Chestnut Ridge Trail

The Chestnut Ridge Trail is hard-surfaced asphalt and starts and ends at the Visitor Center parking lot.  A small loop off the ridge trail desends down a staircase to a boardwalk over a small seep spring before returning up a hill to the main trail on the ridge.
Trail Length (mi)
0.46
Trail Difficulty
Difficulty Meter / introductory
Easy
Estimated Time
15 Minutes
Route Type
Loop
Suitability
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
Wheelchair friendly
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Hunt-Richart Trail

The Hunt-Richart Trail is a short grass-covered loop that goes down a small slope to the Hackman Overlook Structure on Richart Lake.  From the overlook the trail winds back through old farmland and passes through a beech woods before returning to the parking lot. 
Trail Length (mi)
0.88
Trail Difficulty
Difficulty Meter / introductory
Easy
Estimated Time
30 Minutes
Route Type
Loop
Suitability
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
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Myers Cabin Trail

This short trail runs from a gravel parking lot on the road east of Myers Cabin south to Myers Barn then up the hill to Myers Cabin where it rejoins the road.
Trail Length (mi)
0.15
Trail Difficulty
Difficulty Meter / intermediate
Moderate
Estimated Time
30 Minutes
Suitability
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
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Persimmon Ponds Trail

This trail is a grassy mowed path used as access to the Persimmon Ponds Fishing area from the parking lot.
Trail Length (mi)
0.32
Trail Difficulty
Difficulty Meter / introductory
Easy
Estimated Time
10 Minutes
Suitability
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
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Sandhill Ponds Trail

The southern leg of the Sandhill Ponds trail is an accessible concrete sidewalk leading to the edge of the larger Sandhill Pond. The northern leg of the trail is a mowed-grass path leading to the edge of the smaller Sandhill Pond.
Trail Length (mi)
0.29
Trail Difficulty
Difficulty Meter / introductory
Easy
Estimated Time
15 Minutes each leg
Suitability
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
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Turkey-Bird Trail

Turkey Trail shares a trailhead parking lot with Bird Trail.  Turkey Trail winds through hardforest past several small creeks, a large pond, and along an old farm field reverting to brush.  The trail also follows the edge of a moist soil unit for a time and winds in and out of forested habitat and past old home sites. Bird Trail connects with the north edge of Turkey Trail and circles the edge of a moist soil unit before turning into a pine woods and returning to Turkey Trail.
Trail Length (mi)
1.68
Trail Difficulty
Difficulty Meter / introductory
Easy
Estimated Time
45 Minutes
Route Type
Loop
Suitability
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
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Wood Duck Trail

Wood Duck trail circles through a mature beech woods and contains some very large old oaks that once grew in a housesite yard.  The habitat a wet flatwoods so the trail tends to be damp most of the year.
Trail Length (mi)
0.59
Trail Difficulty
Difficulty Meter / introductory
Easy
Estimated Time
20 Minutes
Route Type
Lollipop
Suitability
Dog friendly
Kid friendly
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