John Marshall Birthplace Park

This quaint park commemorates the birthplace of John Marshall, complete with a short nature trail that takes the visitor along a wooded stream through open agricultural fields to a small memorial to John Marshall. En route, check the creek for tawny emperors and the woods along the trail for yellow-billed cuckoo, Carolina chickadee, tufted titmouse, Carolina wren, and northern cardinal.

The open fields along the trail hold killdeer, mockingbirds and chipping sparrows, seemingly spied on by red-tailed hawks and turkey vultures flying overhead. In the fall, yellow-rumped warblers and ruby-crowned kinglets join the resident songbirds as well as other warblers, such as black-throated green, that drop in from time to time. These open fields also host numerous common whitetail dragonflies and brilliant eastern tiger swallowtails.