A Trail Abundant with Wildflowers at Mammoth Cave National Park

If you’re a wildflower lover, keep reading! We’re about to give you the details of a wildflower-loaded hike in Mammoth Cave National Park that you will want to add to your spring bucket list. 

Hart County wildflower trails

Cedar Sink Trail is ideal for those who enjoy short hikes that pack a lot in! On this 1.5-mile out-and-back trail, you will encounter a large sinkhole, a creek, cliffs, wildlife, and an abundance of wildflowers.

Here are some of the flowers that you can look out for above and below the sink during spring:

  • Jack-in-the-pulpits (Arisaema triphyllum)
  • Jacob’s Ladders (Polemonium reptans)
  • Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)
  • Wild geraniums (Geranium maculatum)
  • Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)
  • Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
  • Yellow trout lilies (Erythronium americanum)
  • Fire Pinks (Silene virginica)

We recommend this trail anytime you can get there, but if you’re looking for a little something extra, local naturalist, Steve Kistler is leading FREE wildflower walks on this trail every Monday and Thursday at 11:15 a.m. CST until April 29th. 

If you would like a preview of the trail, would like to know more about what you can find on it, or can’t make it out on the trail but would still like to experience it, Steve and his wife, Janet, have made this lovely video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQoOrKoIPSc

We hope wherever you are traveling the flowers are abundant and you’re full of joy. Thank you for being here.

Thanks to Kentucky Road Trips for providing this article.