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Virtual Tour: Cemetery Trail

The Cemetery Trail is a .90 mile, moderate difficulty trail, that is accessible from the Sand Ridge Trail and the Maritime Trail. The trail surface is very sandy, crossing over the dunes and across the Sand Ridge Trail. Hard surface matting connects to the Sand Ridge Trail and runs parallel to the Cemetery Trail to make access easier. The trail is named for the cemetery and former church site through which it passes. The Wash Woods Methodist Church was abandoned in 1922 and succumbed to the migrating dunes and Atlantic storms that have virtually wiped away the former community of Wash Woods. Today, all that remains is part of the steeple and the nearby graveyard. One can see that all of the graves are positioned with the head pointed towards the west, in tune with the strong Christian tradition.

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