Island Creek Trailhead

Island Creek Trail has long been a favorite place for nature study. To make this rich botanical area available for public enjoyment, the Trent Woods Garden Club of New Bern, cooperating with the U.S. Forest Service established this self guided half-mile Forest Walk in the spring of 1967. Planning and installing the numbered posts, and the matching interpretive information were done as an Eagle Scout project by James C. Simmons, Jr. of Scout Troop 67. the Croatan National Forest gratefully acknowledges this valuable assistance. This is a 1/2 mile trail which is perfect for an afternoon or morning hike. It shows you many different land shapes and variety of plants and trees that grow here and in other places like this. As you walk you will notice posts with numbers on them along the trail. These numbers match those in the pamphlet located in the box at the trailhead.