Transcript Gorley Trail - Marion County Public Schools

Gorley Trail
By Luke Glasscock
Purpose
• The purpose of doing this project is to help
people become more familiar with different
trees in Kentucky. I chose Gorley Trail because
it has a variety of trees and its very scenic. The
maps show around Gorley Trail and they also
pinpoint a few different kinds of trees and
pictures of the trees.
Process
People from all over come to visit Marion County, they might be here to tour Maker’s Mark, Limestone Branch Distillery, or
even to visit several historical sights, maybe they even want to have a country ham breakfast at Ham Days. But what about people who
want to get out of all the rush of Ham Days in Lebanon and get back with nature? We have that too.
I decided to create a map of a popular trail in Marion County; called Gorley Trail which wraps all the way around Fagan Branch
reservoir. Most people might be a little intimidated to walk down a trail that 3.2 miles long for the first time, so I made a GPS track to put
on a map for them. My Mom, brother, and I took the unit to the beginning of the trail, turned it on, cleared all the previous tracks, and
took off down the trail. The hike takes about 2 hours, however it took us a little bit longer than that because we like to stop and look at
the squirrels and birds flying around, antler sheds, box turtles, fish in the lake, and anything else we see.
After hiking all the way around the trail and this being the first time I had used a Garmin I was very nervous about if the track
saved or not, or if it was even mapping for that matter
At school a high school student, Allie Evans helped me learn how to put the tracks from the Garmin into an online program call
ARC GIS Explorer. So far everything had been successful we got the tracks saved on the GPS, marked waypoints for the beginning and end
of the track, and even downloaded it to the computer, but then it showed a big line from somewhere in Asia all the way to Fagan Branch.
It looked like I had started in China and went to the reservoir, but you never know maybe I’m quite the traveler. After a few trial and error
runs of trying to get the line from Asia to Fagan Branch off of the map nothing was working. After this went on for a few days my seventh
grade science teacher Mrs. May gave us a suggestion, it was to take the line tool on the computer and draw over the tracks around the
trail, and this was the solution so now there wasn’t a line all the way from Asia.
Though it may seem my project should be finished now it is not, the next step was to walk back around Gorley Trail with the
Garmin and mark waypoints at different types of trees that grow along the trail. So my dad and I walked around and took pictures of a
few trees and marked waypoints on the Garmin by pressing a few buttons and adding a title based on what kind of tree it was. After we
finished our hike I went to school the next day and we put the waypoints on the computer along with all the pictures, finally my map was
complete.
Finally when the main part was finished I had to make a brochure, on it I had some background information on all the trees
along with pictures and of course the map. After I finished that I e-mailed it to the Lebanon tourism committee for the public eye to
view, maybe it will draw people to go and walk the trail or even give people a new knowledge about the kind of trees that grow in
Kentucky.
Enjoy the hike around Gorley Trail, and don’t forget to bring a camera, never know what you’ll find, a bottle of water, and
maybe even a fishing pole.
Map of Gorley Trail
Located in the Heart of Kentucky, Gorley Trail is a nearby place that nature lovers and
hikers alike can enjoy a nice afternoon, while hiking, biking, and even fishing. The trail
offers many views of the lake as you walk around the three mile trail you can also see
many species of Kentucky Wildlife. Come and enjoy our deciduous forest!
Beech Tree
• · Beech Tree - The
scientific name is “Fagus
Grand Polia” - the bark is
thin and smooth it is a
light bluish gray color the leaves are
comparable to teeth
because they are ridged
- the leaves grow 3 to 5in.
and change color in fall they grow 65 to115ft. tall
•
White Pine
• · White Pine - The
scientific name is “Pinus
Strobus” - the bark is a
grayish and brown color
and smooth - the its
leaves are needles that
grow in small clumps of
five - its leaves are 3 to 5
in. long it produces yellow
cones - the top of the
leaves are green and the
bottom is white hence
the name white pine.
Tan Oak
• · Tan Oak - The scientific
name is
“Notholithocarpus
densfilorus” - has
brown bark with deep
ridges rough to the
touch - waxy leaves
points around he edge it produces acorns.
Shag Bark Hickory
• · Shag Bark Hickory The scientific name is
“Carya Ovata” - has a
unique detached
looking bark - it
produces hickory nuts it can grow to 100ft.
tall.
Ash Tree
• Ash - The scientific
name is “Fraxima
Americana” - the bark is
brown and ridged they grow 60 to 70ft.
tall - the saw toothed
leaf is green on the top
and white on the
bottom.
White Oak
• · White Oak - The
scientific name is
“Quercus Alba” - the
bark is ridged and
grayish brown - it can
grow up to 100ft. Tall green dark leaves - has
small reddish spikes for
flowers.
Smooth Hickory
• · Smooth Hickory - the
scientific name is “Carya
Glabra” - the bark is
smooth a little bit
bumpy grayish green
bark - oval type leaves
they are green produces a hickory nut.
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Tree Information Credits
• All pictures and maps made by Luke Glasscock (except smooth
hickory-credit given on slide)
• http://www.hermones.org/grade4/ecotattrees.index.html
• http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_white_pine.ht
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• http://www.wood-database.com/lumberidentification/hardwoods/tanoak/\
• http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/white_oak.htm
• https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chromeinstant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF8#q=scientific+name+for+white+oak
• https://www.google.com/search?q=scientific+name+for+white+oak
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