yes, alessandro volta did die. he died on march 5th 1827, he was 82 years old.
Umstead is one of the few state parks that have trails for bicycling. There are about 13 miles of multi-use trails for bicycling, horseback riding, and hiking. The trailhead for these trails are at the Multi-Use parking lot.
Depending on how you link up the trails, the rim-to-rim (R2R) hike is about 24 miles (38 kilometers). The R2R hike is divided roughly into three parts. On each end is the steep hike out of the canyon and the middle third is a more moderate and smoother hike through a side canyon that is spectacular in it's own right.