ABOUT THE PARK: Blue Marsh Lake - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
DIRECTIONS: GPS Coordinates 40.407240, -76.078889
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| Old Church Road Parking Lot |
TRAIL MAP: Blue Marsh Lake Trail System - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
HIKE DISTANCE: Loop solely - 7.5 miles
With out in addition to dorsum to Lake Road - eleven miles
THE HIKE:  |
| In guild to brand a loop, nosotros had to walk out of the parking lot ... |
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| ... in addition to plow left on Old Church Road to cross on the bridge. |
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| View to the left from the bridge. |
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| View to the correct of the span - this would last the loop share of the hike from left, crossing roughly other span in addition to returning on the right. |
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| The trail turns left on to an one-time paved route for a brusk distance. |
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| Then leaves to the correct uphill. |
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| At the overstep ... |
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| ... roughly partial views to the right. |
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| The trail splits where horses are non allowed to the left, they learn on the trail to the right. |
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| No horses allowed on this department because at that spot are several bridges to cross. |
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| We would lead keep the Equus caballus trail going back. |
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| In the wintertime you lot tin consider the outline of the trail ahead ... |
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| ... in addition to I could consider something agency downwards there. |
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| It would last balloon #2 of the twelvemonth but Brodie was non interested because roughly joggers were going past times upwards on the trail. |
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| Back on the trail. |
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| At this signal nosotros met upwards where Shawnee in addition to I had left off thus nosotros headed back. |
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| Now taking the Equus caballus trail to the left. |
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| This trail, quite dissimilar from the pedestrian/bike solely part, skirts the edges of fields amongst roughly dainty countryside views. |
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| Meeting dorsum upwards amongst the pedestrian/bike solely trail joining inward from the right. |
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| At Old Church Road ... |
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| ... nosotros cross over to proceed on the trail simply earlier the guardrail. |
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| Looking dorsum downwards at the parking lot which was packed. We solely came across a few other people early inward the loop in addition to then solely 2 joggers the balance of the time. |
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| Looking dorsum on Old Church Road where nosotros had crossed the span from the parking lot. |
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| After going through a gas pipeline, the trail comes to a T-intersection where the mark is missing. It's a left plow on to the one-time paved road. |
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| After coming out of the yellowish gate, it's a difficult correct on to the trail - 1 time again the sign is missing. I had to consult my app a yoke of times inward this expanse to decide which agency to go. |
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| Trail markers resume thus it's clear where to learn from hither on out. |
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| That span upwards ahead is where nosotros would last crossing. |
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| The trail descends steeply. |
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| Then climbs dorsum upwards again. That is pretty much the agency the trail flows along this side of Blue Marsh Lake. |
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| Taking a intermission on a log. |
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| Coming upwards on the bridge. |
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| But showtime balloon #3 of the year. |
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| It's non a crossing, plow correct on the route ... |
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| ... to cross the bridge. |
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| View from the bridge. |
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| The trail continues to the correct simply the other side of the bridge. |
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| This department of trail runs correct adjacent to Route 183 amongst lots of traffic dissonance but I did non notice it annoying since at that spot was so much to await at in addition to it's relatively apartment subsequently all of the ups in addition to downs on the other side. |
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| This one-time concrete construction made a dainty intermission spot. |
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| The trails had stayed pretty frozen until nearly the destination of the hike when thawing turned parts into mud pits. |
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| Coming upwards on Old Church Road. |
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| Of course of teaching 1 final slog of mud earlier having to position Brodie inward the automobile :(. Amazingly, past times the fourth dimension nosotros learn habitation he is dry out in addition to at that spot is no mud on him. It all falls off inward the dorsum spot of my car. |
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| Crossing Old Church Road dorsum to the parking lot. |
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| No sooner had nosotros pulled out of the parking lot when it started to rain. We made it simply inward time. |
