Outdoors · Hiking/Trail
Saunders-Monticello Trail & Kemper Park
- Website
- www.monticello.org
An 89-acre park with an arboretum, pond, woodland theater and overlook at the base of Monticello Mountain, connected by a wide, gently graded 2.5-mile trail that climbs to Monticello's visitor center. The trail is free, well-surfaced and accessible.
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