Trails

Locust Creek Riparian Trail -- hiking, backpacing and interpretive
This six-mile hiking and backpacking trail connects Pershing State Park and the Fountain Grove Conservation Area. The first mile of the trail in the park is an accessible boardwalk with interpretive signing. The trail travels along the natural levee of Locust Creek into the Fountain Grove Conservation Area, allowing hikers and backpackers to experience the riparian habitat along the creek. Part of the trail project involved constructing a 60-foot cable suspension bridge to connect the park and the conservation area. This bridge was designed to cross a steep-cut stream bed and has worked so well that it is being used on other Department of Conservation properties.

Three shorter trails, approximately ¾ mile each, explore the park's remnant savanna landscape.

Canfield Savanna Trail traverses a section with large oak trees and an understory of native grass.

Oak Ridge Trail connects the campground to the picnic area through an oak-hickory forest with a long ridge that overlooks a shrub swamp.

Scout Lake Trail circles the lake.

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