Do you ever become excited when you find a trail you did not know existed? It’s almost like pioneers heading into unexplored territory. What will you discover?
Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Park has the “Boone Trace Hiking Trail” running its length from McHargue’s Mill on the west to a one-mile loop behind the pool.
Then there is the 5.5-mile “Broken Spoke Mountain Bike Trail” constructed in the fall of 2017 just south of the London-Laurel County Fairgrounds. It’s route winds through the woods like a plate of spaghetti.
But, literature about the former Kentucky State Park teases about additional mileage that is available to hikers.
Were you aware that just across from the pool parking lot, between the gap in the guard rails, begins an older trail section that connects to the Broken Spoke Trail going north and the Levi Jackson Family Cemetery going south? Officially the northern section is known as the “Wilderness Road Loop Trail,” although that loop ceased to exist upon completion of the mountain biking circuit.
Well, now is your chance.
This cache is located about 35 feet in the woods off the old loop trail. You will be searching for a small camo container with a few trade items.
If you seek more adventure, there are other trails operated by the City of London Tourism Commission on this property.
Continue beyond the Broken Spoke trail and you will find a connector trail circling the fairgrounds to Conley Road, where there is a trailhead for a 1.2-mile hike up to Frazier Knob.