Celebrate National Take a Hike Day today on the Saunders-Monticello Trail!
Enjoy the Saunders-Monticello Trail and park system, which offers over 11 different trails on 375 acres of land along the Thomas Jefferson Parkway and serves as an ADA accessible recreational and educational resource for the local community. The design of the trail was inspired, in part, by Thomas Jefferson’s 1806 letter to William Hamilton of how he wished to present the spectacular views from Monticello:
“Of prospect I have a rich profusion. it may be successively offered, & in different portions through vistas. with the advantage of shifting scenes as you advance on your way.”
The trail offers dramatic scenery of towering, native hardwood forest, deep ravines and panoramas of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Mountains.
A printable version of the map is available here.
Support the Trail today ➔
Appreciate the work we do? Please support Monticello with a contribution.