The North Welcome Station is the gateway to the Land Between The Lakes and serves as a mini visitor center. You will find regional information, maps, brochures, snacks, and restrooms. The North Welcome Station serves as the main access point to numerous trail systems including the Canal Loop Trail, the North/South Trail; and also the North Paved Trail, which can be hiked all the way to the Hillman Ferry 
Campground by connecting with an unmarked trail system which will be noted below.
The North Paved Trail runs parallel to The Trace for an estimated two miles heading south through some wooded areas, past open fields, behind the Nickell Cemetery, and officially terminates at Road # 110. If you walk about one quarter mile
west on Road # 110, you will pick up the unmarked Hillman Ferry Walking and Biking Trail located to the left of the road and accessed via a twenty foot long gravel trail. I include this additional hike, which is an estimated mile in length, as part of the North Paved Trail.
