Visitor Center
● Routes: Paved from parking area with a sidewalk to the visitor center; it is approximately 136 yards or 124 meters from the parking area to the visitor center.
Films and exhibits
● Visitors who are sight-impaired may borrow an electronic device that plays a simultaneous narrated description of what appears on screen during the park movie, "Measure of a Man,". The film is 12 minutes and 51 seconds long.
● There are numerous tactile exhibits throughout the visitor center.
Historic Area
▬ Historic or Plantation Trail: There is a paved trail from the visitor center to the historic area. From the back of the visitor center, the trail has a slight slope that levels out towards the slave/kitchen cabin; there is a 14% gradient on the section by the main barn and pig pens; it is approximately a quarter mile there and back and is mostly paved. The historic area contains reconstructed buildings of the plantation, including the slave cabin where Booker lived until he was 9 years old.
Jack O' Lantern Branch Trail (nature trail)
▬ Jack O' Lantern Branch Trail: The trail is approximately 1.25 miles or 2 km and is an extension off the historic area trail. It is 36"-48" wide and is a mix of well-compacted dirt and gravel with a 17% grade on one section of the trail. The trail follows Gills Creek and switches back away from the creek through woods and a field back to the tobacco barn which is located close to the beginning of the nature trail.
