Chainsaw Art in William B. Umstead State Park

With more than twenty miles of hiking trails and thirteen bridle trails, visitors of William B. Umstead State Park are enchanted by some of the most scenic areas in all of North Carolina. It’s no wonder this 5,500-acre state park is the state’s most visited park, welcoming a whopping two million visitors in 2016! From short strolls along one of the nature trails to day-long hiking excursions into the woods, the park is a forested landscape worth exploring… and it holds some hidden treasures within.

Located just off of Graylyn multi-use trail (one of six trails open to hikers, bikers, and horseback riders), you will discover an incredible, and unexpected, piece of art. Carved into a fallen twenty-five foot trunk by a pair of artists (Smoky Mountain Art) is a scene of wildlife featuring tree branches, leaves, and forest animals.

The easiest way to get to it is a one-mile hike from the Crabtree Creek entrance. Park at the Sycamore Rd. parking lot. Follow the signs and the pathway up the hill, past the sign for the Sycamore Trail, and onto Graylyn multi-use trail. Another quarter mile and you’ll find the fallen tree on your left.

For more information on the trails at William B. Umstead State Park, click here.

William B. Umstead State Park
8801 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27617
919.571.4170