York Trail

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Features Birding · Fall Colors · Fishing · Historical Significance · River/Creek

The visitor center is where you can find restrooms and a store where you can buy snacks and get drinks. The trail is exposed until it enters the woods at the back of the property.

To access the th Sgt. Alvin C York Trail, park at the visitor center and cross the street and run through the parking lot between the house and the red barn. The trail starts as a crushed gravel trail through the parking lot, but changes to grass after it passes the barn. There is a trail to the left that leads out to a WWI trench exhibit that you can explore. Continuing through the fields of the park, you get great views of what farming in the Cumberland Mountains is like.

The views toward sunset are great as the sunset lights up the surrounding mountains. The trail continues to the back of the field and enters the woods as it approaches the Wolf River. Breaking off to the right, the trail narrows to a singletrack that follows the river. Be on the lookout for blue herons and various ducks that call the river home. Just after 0.4 miles, the trail comes to the remains of a suspension bridge. If the bridge was there (it is currently down), you would cross the the bridge and move through the woods on a rough wooden boardwalk before emerging at a wooden staircase that climbs up to the road.

At the end of the trail, you emerge at the Wolf River Methodist Church Cemetery where Sgt. Alvin C York is buried on the left hand side of the cemetery. To get back to your car, retrace your steps back to the visitor center.

For birders, the run through the farmland and along the river allows you to see various birds and ducks.