MARKER #4: CHESTNUT LOGS

    Driving through this area for the next few hundred feet you will see that the roadside is littered with fallen chestnut trees. These trees were killed by a blight in the early 1900's, yet you will see many of the stumps left. You will see new growths from the stumps but like many hereditary diseases passed from generation to generation these sprouts will also succumb to the disease of the parent tree. There is still a few American chestnut trees left in the park, but it will be many years before the seedlings attain the 5-6 feet in diameter size of their ancestors.

Below Are A Few BONUS Views BETWEEN The MARKER #4 And MARKER #5