Beech Tree Cove is an easy 0.9 mile mulched trail and is generally flat with a few small inclines and is stroller accessible if you have young kiddies.
We then continued on with the longest trail in the preserve, the 1.2-mile Chestnut Oak Loop Trail which winds through the upland forest with ridges, ravines, and creeks.
The Swift Creek Loop Trail as it includes views of the Hemlock trees, East Bluffs, and Swift Creek.
The Eastern Hemlock is a common evergreen in the North Carolina Mountains and are present at this preserve along the north facing bluffs.
Because the bluffs provide a cool, moist microclimate in which the hemlocks thrive. And they are in the same family as Pine trees.