Medoc Mountain State Park

Well I’ve slacked off on writing.  It’s thursday and I’m planning next weekends trails, but haven’t covered last weekends hiking.  oops!

Saturday - I visited Medoc Mountain State Park for the first time.  And hiked around Bluff Loop, Stream Loop and Discovery Loop Trails.  Mostly easy hiking with a little hill climbing on Bluff Loop.  Total hiking around 5 miles.  Very quiet in the park this time of year.  The leaf litter was heavy on the trails making my use of trekking poles wise even on the short easy trails.  Due to some bad time management on my part I wasn’t able to walk the other trails that day, but decided to return on Sunday to explore the park some more.

Sunday - Returned to the park for Bear Swamp, Dam Site Loop and Summit Loop Trails.  Again only about 5.5 miles, but very peaceful.  Hiking was still mostly easy, with some moderate hills and one very steep climb on the Summit Loop Trail.  You can avoid the steep section by entering the Summit Loop Trail by walking CLOCKWISE around the Dam Site Loop Trail to where the white circles change to red diamonds (trail markers).  Continue up the “jeep trail” to the summit and then follow around back to the big bridge.  I have worked out about an 11 - 12 mile circuit that I’m going to try this weekend.  Look for a new web section rating the trails I hike with pictures and links to maps etc.  Medoc Mountain State Park will be the first one posted…….

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