Franklin Ghost Town — Saturday, Apr. 13, 2024

On the Saturday we arrived, the gate to the parking area was closed: people parked at Green River Gorge Springs and walked over the bridge and past the gate to access the trail. Minor obstacles getting to the cemetery area, which is overgrown to the point of allowing one-way access only, with the occasional bramble jutting into the path. In and back access only: the “Hanging Gardens Park Acrd” shown on maps does not pass all the way through and was itself difficult to navigate to the halfway point where it stopped. An okay hike all-in-all, come for the cemetery and mineshaft, but if you’re in it primarily for the hiking there are better options.