Great Hike for Young, Old, Beginners @ Bud Ogle Nature Trail

Our first hike for 2011 Get on Trails w/ Friends and Missy took 60plus folks up to Mynatt park (up off beginning of Motor Nature Trail).  There we hit the Twin Creeks trail that is a pretty 1.7 mile trail across little creeks and rock walls to Twin Creeks Science Center.  At that juncture you keep going on the trail a quarter mile and you come to junction with nature trail (straight) or left up to the Noah "Bud" Ogle farm site.   We went that way and enjoyed former GSNMP dispatcher Glen Cantrell tell us about life in this area back in mid 1900's as he used to pick apples in this area.  (hence the name Cherry Orchard rd etc)
A preserved cabin and barn can be seen and up by parking area you can pay 50 Cents for a nice little brochure with 12 "sites" to see along a nature trail that leaves the area and makes a loop back to twin creeks trail.   Park Volunteer Jim Burbank took about 15 of us on this extra one mile loop and both a 8 year old (max) to our 70 + folks enjoyed the stops along the way to see a still standing "tub" mill w/ horizonal water wheel, rock piles from old "weaner" cabin where younger adults lived close enough to their parents to help with chores but far away enough to have their "own space" too.

There is some parking along the road (motor nature trail/cherry orchard) to park at the bud ogle place and then do this one mile hike.   Or you can start at mynatt park and walk the 1,9 miles to the home place and add on the loop.  But it is worth the trip and great spot for an easy hike.