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Part of the Nantahala National Forest, the 3,800-acre Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest is a paradise for walkers, with trails that lead beneath giant trees, some more than 300 years old. This tract escaped the lumbering of the 1920s that resulted in the clear-cutting of surrounding areas.
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Coordinates: 35°22′25″N 83°58′32″W. Children at the foot of giant tulip-poplars. Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest is an approximately 3,800-acre tract of publicly owned virgin forest in Graham County, North Carolina, named in memory of poet Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918), best known for his poem "Trees".
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Trail. This figure-8 loop trail travels through a spectacular, virgin forest, one of the largest contiguous tracts of old-growth forest in the Eastern United States. The forest around this trail is designated as the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, a part of... 2mi, Hilly, Some Obstacles.
The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest Slickrock Wilderness Area is located in the Nantahala National Forest in far western North Carolina with parts in the Cherokee National Forest in eastern Tennessee. Two towns access the memorial forest wilderness, Robbinsville and Tellico Plains .
Explore one of the most impressive old growth forests in the United States. This memorial forest is named after Joyce Kilmer, who was killed during World War I. He was a soldier and a poet, and his most well-known poem is entitled “Trees.”
29 Οκτ 2024 · Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. The only way to see the impressive memorial forest is on foot. The figure-eight Joyce Kilmer National Recreation Trail covers 2 miles and has two loops: the 1-1/4-mile lower loop passes the Joyce Kilmer Memorial plaque, and the upper 3/4-mile loop swings through Poplar Cove, a grove of the largest trees.
Over 100 tree species define the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest as one of the most unique and varied forests on the east coast; its old-growth hardwood varieties can only be found in our Appalachian Mountains.
