The Guilford County Parks and Recreation made the decision not to let the old Hedgecock Farm get gobbled up by developers and they purchased this picturesque 150 acres to preserve the natural habitat and made bike and hiking trails through its woods and along and over the Rich Fork Creek. You can see from the aerial view map that this is a small forest in the middle of an urban area.
From the parking area if you go left the trails are for bikes and hiking. There are lots of twists and turns and you cross the small steam about a third of a mile in.
From the parking area if you go right you start out on a road size trail which becomes obvious this was once the farmhouse' driveway.
The old farmhouse. I think they're going to let mother nature take its course with the buildings. all the building have a fence around them to keep people out.
The Barn
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After passing the house and the other structures, you come to the Commer Trail and Commer Trial Loop Trailhead.
Turning right will takes you down this path which winds its way down to Fork Creek where the trail dead ends.
The end of the Commer Trail at the creek.
On the Commer Trail Loop, before it loops back to the trailhead, you walk along this high bank that looks down on the creek.
My last picture is this open grassy area that is not too far from where you started. There are more trails being built and I saw several bridges also being constructed. So I'll probably be having an update by Summer's end.
