New Sign Welcomes Users to Carter Taylor Trailhead

I've often been asked where people visiting the Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest can park to best access all of our trails and features. Hopefully this new sign at the entrance to the Carter Taylor Trailhead will take care of that. Located near the intersection of Andersonville (Rt. 640) and Francisco (Rt. 636) Roads, this sign directs users into the trailhead parking area. A new fence around the small parking lot by the picnic shelter should direct cars to park in that location while horse trailers or larger vehicles can proceed around the gravel loop to the larger gravelled parking area. From this location, users can access all 22 miles of multiple use trail on the forest. The only trail not accessible via this parking lot would be the hiking only Trout Trail which is accessed from Rt. 614 where Holliday Creek crosses the road.

In other news, I recently blazed a majority of the Orchard Trail. While it shows on the map as a "green" trail that runs through the northern portion of the forest, finding it was a whole other experience. Now users should be able to follow green diamond blazes to enjoy this 6 mile multiple use trail that ties into the Carter Taylor Trail. I still need to attach some blazes to pickets and drive them in the ground where there were no trees to attach to but in the meantime between the map and blazes, folks should be able to better figure out where to go. I know green isn't the most ideal color but it was easier to just blaze it that way than to order thousands of new maps with a changed color scheme. Enjoy!