Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park · Kentucky

Pathway of a President

0.1 mi of trail, end to end · about 20 ft of climbing · 740 ft–756 ft · hiking

HistoryVisitor centers

Along the way Memorial Building Visitor Center

Trailhead Pathway of a President Trailhead 751 ft Drive there

Travel the Pathway of a President the Park Service's write-up

10 Minutes · dogs allowed

Pathway of a President is an accessible wooden boardwalk that leads from the Visitor Center to the Memorial Building. The wooden boardwalk is 650 feet in length with a typical width of five feet and a maximum grade of 5% and is suitable for wheelchairs. At its northern terminus the wooden boardwalk joins with a 250 feet long sidewalk that completes the accessible path to the Memorial Building.

Trailhead Location: Visitor Center of the Birthplace Unit

Duration: 10 - 15 minutes

Difficulty: Accessible - Easy

Length: 900 feet (.27 km)

Trail Type: In and Out

Accessibility This trail is an accessible wooden boardwalk. It has benches along the trail to rest.

This hike on nps.gov

On the parks map

Other trails from the Pathway of a President Trailhead

• Sidewalk · 0.5 mi

About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.