Hike for September 16: American Chestnut Land Trust

[Josh Silverman]

The hike for this coming Tuesday will be in the American Chestnut Land Trust.  This is a county park and has no admission fee.  The address is 676 Double Oak Rd., Prince Frederick, MD.  We will begin at 8:30.

I am on travel at this point and I won't be able to send an annotated map until Monday.  The park map itself can be accessed at acltweb.org

The park is divided into two sections that are separated by a creek.  To get over the creek, hikers  use a raft that is moved by pulling on attached steel cables overhead.  The raft takes up to three people at a time.

The route will be as follows:

Horse Swamp Trail (it has a boardwalk over the boggier parts) to two bay overlooks

Return to parking area

Left on Turkey Trail to Turkey Spur

Turkey Spur to creek overlook and then return to junction 

Left on Turkey Trail, which becomes the Parkers Creek Trail at this point 

Go to a spur trail that leads to the creek and take the raft to get to the other side

North/South Trail to Ridge Loop

Left on Ridge Loop to junction with Laurel Loop 

Left on Laurel Loop and take the complete loop back to the junction 

Left on Ridge Loop to return to North/South Trail 

North/South Trail back to the creek 

Raft over the creek and left on the spur trail back to Parkers Creek Trail 

Left on Parkers Creek Trail to get back to the parking area 

As indicated by the description, this route has several turns, so I am asking the group to stay together.

Josh

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[Josh Silverman]

As promised, I'm enclosing the map with annotated directions.  I will bring a few printouts, depending on how many people respond.

Josh

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