Appomattox Court House National Historical Park · Virginia

Ferguson Wildlife Trail

0.8 mi of trail, end to end · about 80 ft of climbing · 664 ft–742 ft

History

664 ft 682 ft · 0.8 mi high 742 ft

Along the way Joel Sweeney Cemetery

Trailhead Self Guided Nature Trailhead 665 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the Self Guided Nature Trailhead

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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.