Mammoth Cave National Park, KY
A short cemetery spur tucked deep in the backcountry.
Overview
Map & elevation
Plan your hike
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Mammoth Cave Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Mammoth Cave National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this area
Good Spring Baptist Church and Cemetery“Good Spring Baptist Church and Cemetery is coming up, a short history stop near Maple Springs. Give it a few minutes to look beyond the little white church.”
Plays on the road 1.7 mi from the trailhead in the Parkwolf Mammoth Cave Tour Guide.
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Trail guide
Miles-Davis Cemetery Trail is a 0.54-mile out-and-back spur that leaves Sal Hollow and ends at a cemetery in the woods. The mapped branch is about 0.27 miles to the cemetery; walk it back the same way. The 0.54 miles covers only the spur and return, not the long backcountry approach. Plan the whole route from a legal access point before setting out, and give the spur itself about 30 minutes for the walk and a respectful look around.
Mammoth Cave holds more than 80 known cemeteries, final resting places of people who once lived on these lands. This trail ends at a small wooded cemetery with old gravestones, a cultural stop rather than a scenic overlook. Leave the markers undisturbed.
The mapped spur is a dirt path, but reliable details about its grade, steps, and crossings are limited. The very short distance describes only this branch, not the remote approach along the backcountry trail network. Leashed pets are allowed on surface trails, with a leash no longer than six feet. There is no separate roadside parking or food service at the cemetery junction.
Wildlife
227 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
21 sightingsTricolored BatMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
75 sightingsCave SalamanderMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
149 sightingsWild TurkeyMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
13 sightingsBarred OwlMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
40 sightingsSnapping TurtleMost seen around 11 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Mammoth Cave. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ModerateDry Prong Trail2.4 mi · 1.5 hr · 1.2 mi awayA rough connector best folded into a longer backcountry hike.
ModerateTurnhole Bend Trail1.8 mi · 1 hr · 1.2 mi awayA backcountry camp route with one steep ravine at the end.
ModerateRaymer Hollow Trail6.2 mi · 2.5 hr · 1.8 mi awayA hilly forest connector joining two backcountry trails.
ModerateMill Branch Trail3 mi · 2 hr · 2 mi awayA rough three-mile link with a creekbed turn to catch.
ModerateBig Hollow North and South Loops Trail11.1 mi · 4.5 hr · 2.1 mi awayTwo wooded loops, a creek footbridge, and a rocky southern climb.
ChallengingSal Hollow & Buffalo Creek Loop10.8 mi · 7 hr · 2.1 mi awayA long hardwood loop with creek crossings and a rough hollow descent.
ModerateSal Hollow Trail8.6 mi · 4.5 hr · 2.1 mi awayA long woodland walk with muddy ruts and a small creek cascade.
ModerateBuffalo Creek, Collie Ridge & Mill Branch Loop9.3 mi · 5 hr · 2.1 mi awayA 9.3-mile backcountry loop with creek crossings and rocky climbs.
Sight · 1.7 mi awayGood Spring Baptist Church & CemeteryA small church and cemetery preserve the lost Cade community.
Picnic area · 2.1 mi awayMaple Springs Day Use AreaPicnic tables with access to north-side hiking and horse trails.
Campground · 2.3 mi awayMaple Springs Group CampgroundA quiet base for group camping near northern backcountry trails.
Sight · 2.8 mi awayTurnhole Bend OverlookA half-mile loop pairs sinkhole geology with a riverboat-era story.
Picnic area · 3.3 mi awayHouchin Ferry Picnic AreaA shady Green River picnic stop at Mammoth Cave’s former ferry landing.
Campground · 3.3 mi awayHouchin Ferry CampgroundA tent camp on the Green River, with a public boat launch.
Sight · 3.6 mi awayJoppa Missionary Baptist Church & CemeteryA surviving trace of the communities that became the park.
Sight · 3.9 mi awayGreen River FerryA 1934 ferry crossing with a one-mile accessible woodland loop.Parkwolf’s Mammoth Cave ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
