"Morning hike before the heat and humidity got bad enough to slow us, so we kept a good, steady pace. First Peak 1055 ft, then Jack's Hill, then Sweetwater Town Cemetery, then side trip to edge of Sweetwater Creek State Park at Mt Vernon Rd." — davidensley • Oct 7, 2025

"First time I hiked to Jack’s Hill, I missed the side trail to Sweetwater Town Cemetery. Today I discovered why. Gina and I started hiking the same route as before on the White Trail from the Group Picnic shelters, and she stayed on the White Trail while I went off trail to find the cemetery. When I reached the place on the map where the side trail to the cemetery was supposed to be, I decided to continue on the White Trail in search of an easier way. (Bushwhacking this area is best left to wintertime.) When I reached the road to the park ranger residence, I took the power line access road back toward the side trail to the cemetery, where I found it in much better condition. In the cemetery were two turtles in my path camouflaged in the ground cover, so keep watch to avoid stepping on them. The cemetery has a modern sign, but all of the headstones are unmarked rocks from the surrounding area, perhaps carried up from Sweetwater Creek. Most headstones are the size of modern foot stones, but a few were the size of a small headstone, perhaps for the leaders of the farming community that inhabited the Jack’s Hill area. I returned to the White Trail on the unmaintained cemetery trail. Unf..." — davidensley • Aug 11, 2022

"Hiked White Trail from road crossing at group picnic shelters to Jack’s Hill where I found doorsteps and cinder block foundation on peak just off trail. Saw other building foundations along the way just off trail. Then hiked Brown Trail to nearby peak of similar elevation to try to figure which is higher. It appears both the Green Trail and the Brown Trail go by higher ground than Jack's Hill." — davidensley • May 17, 2022