Located south of Winchester Bay, OR, this area is home to the tallest sand dunes in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Umpqua Beach #2 Day Use and OHV Staging Area provides parking and access for pedestrian beach access as well as off-highway vehicle (OHV) staging for open sand riding opportunities in the Umpqua dunes. A ride to the top of a tall dune offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean. The beach…

Located south of Winchester Bay, OR, this area is home to the tallest sand dunes in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Umpqua Beach #3 Day Use and OHV Staging Area provides parking and access for pedestrian beach access as well as off-highway vehicle (OHV) staging for open sand riding opportunities in the Umpqua dunes. A ride to the top of a tall dune offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean. The beach…

The Umpqua Dunes area provides something for everyone! Hikers will find areas to explore the dunes, walk the beach, and view the ocean. An easy walk from the Umpqua #2 and #3 OHV staging areas brings you to a stretch of beach closed to off-highway vehicle (OHV) use. You can also explore the area's largest and most expansive dunes at nearby John Dellenback Trail and Eel Creek Campground. OHV enthusiasts will find…

Visitors are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the regulations before planning their trip to the Umpqua Hot Springs. Read the regulations.The trailhead and surrounding area is a day use only site (Forest Order 06-15-03-22-458), open from sunrise to sunset. Toketee Lake…

From Erwin, this drive makes a circle connecting TN 395, graveled Forest Road 230 and TN 107, a state scenic parkway, past Limestone Cove. The route winds from the valley floor of Unicoi County to high-elevation spruce forests and balds atop Unaka Mountain. Rock Creek Recreation Area, with facilities for day and overnight use, and Limestone Cove Picnic Area are along the way. High-clearance 4WD vehicles are…

Backcountry trails, scenic driving and the Nolichucky River provide opportunities for outdoor adventure.  High elevation balds along the Unaka Mountain Range offer spectacular views. Look for Pinnacle Mountain Fire Tower located on the crest of Buffalo Mountain.  The zone is rich with Civilian Conservation Corps history:  view their legacy at Laurels, Rock Creek and Unaka Mountain Road.  Enjoy…

The Unaka Ranger Station can provide additional visitor information, and has an outlet that sells maps, books, passes, and permits. 

The Unaweep Trail #601 travels through a diverse mixture of vegetation types and offers many wildlife and scenic viewing opportunities. Overall the trail does not gain or lose a significant amount of elevation and is a fairly easy hike despite its length. At the intersection of the East Unaweep Trail #612, East Unaweep forks right (east) and is open tomotocycle use.  The Unaweep Trail forks left (west) and is…

Uncompahgre Peak Trail #239 begins at the Nellie Creek Trailhead at the end of Nellie Creek Road, FSR #877 and ends at Uncompahgre Peak within the Uncompahgre Wilderness where Wilderness Regulations apply. The trail travels through high elevation alpine tundra and…

This area includes the Uncompahgre Plateau area of Norwood, Ouray, and Grand Valley Districts on the Uncompahgre National Forest.  It is also know as the Plateau Division.

Uncompahgre Wilderness covers 102,721 acres within the north-central region of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado. The Wilderness spans the Uncompahgre National Forest (99,399 acres) across two Ranger District boundaries and lands administered by Bureau of Land Management. Elevations range from 8,400 to 14,309 feet. Points of interest include: Uncompahgre Peak (14,309’), Wetterhorn Peak (14,015’),…

African American Landowners of Lick Creek In the exodus of about 200 Quakers from North Carolina to Indiana in the mid-1800s, a substantial portion of the group were free African Americans. They travelled alongside white Quakers, who although offered a certain degree of protection, did not always provide a welcoming invitation once in Indiana. Despite restricted liberties in Indiana, free Blacks found refuge in the…

The Lick Creek settlement in today’s Hoosier National Forest was an active free Black community in southern Indiana in the mid-1800s. Along with other African Americans in Indiana, Lick Creek offered up some of their own to fight in the Civil War. Simon Locust, an African American, served one year with Company E 13th Infantry Regiment of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). Locust was drafted into USCT in 1864…

The American Missionary Association (AMA) was founded in Albany, New York on September 3, 1846 as an Eastern nonsectarian benevolent society that advocated radical abolitionist principles. Among its founding members included those who aided in the defense of the Amistad captives in 1839. The AMA helped put the abolishment of slavery onto the national political agenda. Although it was a national association, the AMA…

The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) grew out of the Free African Society that was founded in 1787. Discouraged and upset by blatant racial discrimination against free African Americans within the American Methodist church, members created an African Congregation. Although some wanted to affiliate with Protestant Episcopal, Richard Allen – a founder of the Free African Society – led a small group who were…

This area is temporarily closed due to impacts from Hurricane Michael. Stories of resistance to slavery on today’s National Forests existed before the abolitionist movement gained momentum around the 1820s. Located about 15 miles north of the mouth of the Apalachicola River in today’s Apalachicola National Forest, A fort once stood and served as a precursor to the abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad. The…

Indiana State Laws and the State Register for Blacks As escaped slaves made their difficult journeyed toward freedom, Indiana seemed like a promised land – a free border state along the Ohio River. However, many already free African Americans and those who escaped via the Underground Railroad faced harsh discrimination in the so-called “free” state. Those who lived and passed through today’s Hoosier National Forest…

In the early 19th century, a substantial number of North Carolinian Quakers migrated to southern Indiana in what is today the Hoosier National Forest. They left to escape the oppressive slave laws of North Carolina. In 1741, North Carolina enacted laws that denied slave owners the right to manumit their slaves. Quakers, who came to oppose slavery altogether, bypassed the state law through a trusteeship emancipation…

Lick Creek – Hoosier National Forest The Underground Railroad consisted of a large secret network of travel routes and safe havens for freedom seekers escaping slavery. The Ohio River divided freedom and enslavement along several Border States, including Indiana. Located 20 miles north of the Kentucky border, Lick Creek was a mixed community mostly of free African Americans and Quakers. Located in today’s Hoosier…

Quakers and the Underground Railroad in Indiana Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement that began in the late 17th century. Most Quakers viewed slavery as a disgraceful institution that not only affected the enslaved but also the life of the slave owners and their treatment of other human beings. In the 19th century, Quakers in the southern United States faced persecution…

The Underground Railroad consisted of a large secret network of travel routes and safe havens for freedom-seekers escaping slavery in the mid-19th century. The Ohio River divided freedom and enslavement along several Border States, including Ohio. Like most states achieving statehood after Congress issued the Northwest Ordinance in 1787 – which forbid slavery in states entering the union north of the Ohio River –…

The Miller Family The community of free African Americans in Pope County, Illinois came to be known as Miller Grove, presumably named for one of four families that settled the area. In 1844, the Miller family helped establish a small community of rural dispersed farmsteads. Harrison Miller - the founder and patriarch of the town - brought his wife Lucinda and their three children from a Tennessee plantation to the…

The Lindleys were a Quaker family in North Carolina; Thomas Lindley started a family mill on Cane Creek in 1755. During the Revolutionary War, the Lindley Mill turned into a bloody battle which left Thomas himself a casualty. Jonathan Lindley, one of Thomas’s sons, led a pilgrimage of eleven families from North Carolina to Lick Creek in southern Indiana in what is now the Hoosier National Forest. Jonathan’s eldest…

Iron Furnaces, which converted iron ore to pig iron, dotted the northeastern landscape prior to the 19th century. At the turn of the century, the industry developed in the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio and Kentucky which became the largest iron producer in the US. The Hanging Rock region produced iron from 1818 to 1916 and was one of three in the country capable of producing the iron needed during the Civil War.…

William Paul Quinn was born on April 10, 1788 in Calcutta, India, and grew to be a rugged 6’3” tall man. After his introduction to Christianity by an Englishwoman, Mary Wilder, Quinn’s family ostracized him. Seeking refuge in England, Quinn espoused an Anglicized name and later moved to New York in 1806. Upon arrival in New York, he became a member of the Hicksites, an anti-slavery activist Quaker group. However, in…

Formerly a designated dispersed campsite, this campground is located near a creek and is adjacent to Underhill Trail. 

Union Creek is a popular trout stream that flows into the North Fork of the Rogue River about 10 miles north of Prospect, Oregon. The creek is stocked with catchable rainbow trout from late May to August. Rumors exist of large brown trout entering Union Creek to feed on hatchery rainbows. Union Creek can be accessed from Highway 62, Forest…

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The Union Creek Boat Launch is located on the northern shore of Phillips Lake. This popular fishing and boating site is set in an open ponderosa pine forest within walking distance of the Union Creek Campground and Union Creek Picnic and…