Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge

Cussetah Bottoms Boardwalk Trail 

• Open Season: Open year round 
• Length: 0.5 miles 
• Location of trail: Refuge Headquarters 
• Surface: Paved, Boardwalk 
• Difficulty: Easy, ADA Compliant 
• Information: This elevated boardwalk is a great place to view wildlife in a bottomland hardwood forest. Be sure to stop at the photo/observation blind located nearby. The 1,200-foot long boardwalk and trail wind through the bottomland hardwood forest. As visitors meander throughout the trails and boardwalk, there are interpretive panels, resting decks, benches, a pavilion, restroom and observation blind. Look for great egrets and red-tailed hawks scanning the wetland for their lunch and see if you can identify the dragonflies that flit from one area to the other along the boardwalk. 

Coalton Bottoms Railroad Trail and River Overlook 

• Open Season: Open year round 
• Length: 0.5 miles to the Overlook. 1 mile round trip 
• Location of trail: 1.5 miles south of Lavender Road. Follow signs on Coalton Road to the trailhead. 
• Surface: Gravel 
• Difficulty: Easy, ADA Accessible 
• Information: This trail was a railroad grade used to haul coal out of the area at one time. Today, the old railroad bed has been converted to a half-0.5 mile trail that will take you along a beautiful wooded ridge near the Deep Fork River.