Hiking Trap Pond Acre Park, De

ABOUT THE PARK:
Trap Pond State Park - Delaware State Parks

DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 38.526014, -75.481134

From the entrance road, I turned left inwards the lot as well as parked at the rattling far halt close the maintenance area.

TRAIL MAP:
Trap Pond State Park Trail Map - Delaware State Parks

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HIKE DISTANCE: 13.8 miles

THE HIKE:

A huge flock of birds flight over at the start of our hike.

From the parking lot the Bob Trail goes through the picnic expanse betwixt the parking lot as well as Trap Pond but dogs are non allowed in that place hence nosotros headed towards the maintenance expanse at the far halt of the parking lot towards the dam where nosotros picked upwards the Bob Trail as well as turned left.

Trap Pond

The Bob Trail parallels Trap Pond Road briefly hence turns correct as well as cuts through the boat launch parking area,

Miles markers almost every one-half mile.

We passed the campground which looked packed inwards mid-November.

Crossing the route to Cypress Point Equus caballus trailer parking; nosotros would move returning on this route at the halt of the hike.

Black-capped chickadees everywhere.

With the dark-green American Holly trees as well as Loblolly pines inwards add-on to sunshine as well as temps inwards the 50's it was slow to forget nosotros but had a snowfall tempest inwards NJ a few days prior. It was worth the crusade to larn away from that.

Trails are non blazed but in that place are directional posts at every intersection. We'd move coming dorsum this means at the halt of the hike to become through Cypress Point.

A long boardwalk through the swamp.

The Bob Trail is the busiest trail inwards the park. In fact, it was the solely trail I e'er ran into other people during the entire hike.

When the Bob Trail turns right, involve ahead a brusque distance is ...

Bethesda Church amongst an one-time cemetery.

All children.

Back to the Bob Trail which immediately runs parallel to Wootten Road.

Coming out on Wooten Road, the Bob Trail crosses the span to the correct but nosotros turned left a brusque distance ...

... to the Raccoon Pond Trail on the correct at the bend.

Going along Raccoon Pond.

Not some other individual on this entire trail. It was obvious it is non used much every bit in that place were modest blow downs as well as the trail was at times a niggling difficult to follow.

These posts score hunting blinds. Although it was non slow to uncovering out, I was able to arrive at upwards one's heed prior to going that in that place is no hunting inwards nation parks inwards Delaware on Sundays. This is non noted on whatever of the signs inwards the park.

The trail goes through a ability cutting fairly unopen to the end.

The trail was flooded out but earlier Pepperbox Road where the trail ends hence nosotros turned approximately here.

I had noticed a clearing that looked similar it mightiness move a squeamish topographic point for a interruption hence nosotros headed in that place on the means dorsum solely to uncovering ...

... an one-time cemetery!

Continuing back.

My foremost Golden-crowned Kinglet!

Back at Raccoon Pond.

At Wooten Road, left ...

... across the span ...

... where I picked upwards a huge wad of angling line, for certain sparing some misfortunate fauna from an awful death.

After the bridge, but beyond the trail crossing sign, a left on ...

... the Huckleberry Trail.

I could tell yesteryear the soft trail surface that this trail is non used much either. That industrial plant for us. We similar having trails to ourselves.