Miller Nature Sanctuary — Attraction in Hillsboro

Miller Nature Sanctuary and Highland Nature Sanctuary are individual sanctuaries but both are part of Arc of Appalachia Nature Preserve. Rocky Fork Gorge is in both Miller and Highland Nature Sanctuaries. As confusing as all of that is I hiked to the gorge area on the falls trail in Miller Nature Sanctuary. The trails are easy to moderate and well maintained. The trail runs along the west side of Rocky Fork Creek. On the other side of the creek and gorge is the Barrett Rim Trail (I'm guessing part of Highland Nature Sanctuary). It really didn't matter to me because the entire area is amazing. Both sides of the creek has great rock formations, tall cliffs and the creek which is more of a river. The falls trail that I hiked did have 2 small but ...

Nice moderate trails. Our 4 year old loved the waterfalls. The only thing that was negative, but not really enough to drop it in stars, was the walk from the front parking lot to the back lot where the trailhead begins. I know the whole point is to get out and hike but with a 4yo it would've been nice to utilize the back parking lot since he was DONE by the end of the trails ;) All in all great experience. We learned a lot on this trail due to the informative signage. Secluded. Not crowded like a state park. I think we passed 1 couple the whole time we were there and we went on memorial day weekend on a gorgeous day. If we were in the area we'd...

What a delightful set of trails! You have three to choose from, I actually recommend all three and in total we ended up at about 2.8 miles round trip to the main parking area by the road. Rocky Fork Creek runs by much of it, you are in the canopy with tons of wildlife, if you look closely in the picture you can see a fawn that we happened upon on the tulip tree trail. The waterfall is very cool on the fall trail, honestly all three trails are beautiful. They are well-maintained and...