U Pick! 2.5 or 4 miles & change🪙💰 Trout Creek Wilderness Park

This hike will be a patchwork of a little of this and a little of that.....
Let's check out the boardwalk. Then hike out the nature trail behind the big picnic pavilion. After a scenic lakeside stroll along the twin ponds we end up near the parking lot. At this point your hike can end, or continue on at your option.
If you continue on, we'll cross the floodgate and go off trail into Flatwoods Park. This part may be a bit scraggly and overgrown, but will not entail any difficult bushwhacking.
We'll visit an old home site and talk a little about the old Trout Creek community that used to be out there. (no guarantee on historical accuracy LOL) From there the next stop will be the C Tree where we'll have a sit down break and then return. Bring a ground cloth to sit on if you want. (garbage bag, old plastic sheet, etc)
Bring TWO liters of hydration, snacks, proper footwear, hat, whatever personal items you need.
$2.00 day use fee - restrooms available

IT IS SUMMER! THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF HEAT EXHAUSTION! NO DOGS ALLOWED🐊🐊

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Possible risks from participation include, but are not limited to:
Injury from a trip & fall, venomous snakes, stinging insects, venomous spiders, wildlife encounters, heat stroke, hypothermia, noxious vegetation, weather related injury, insect or airborne transmissible virus and disease, smoke inhalation, wildfire, falling trees, drowning