Lake Fayetteville Trail

It's a gray, chilly 39 degree day with threat of freezing rain later, so we headed back to Lake Fayetteville to hike the 5.5 mile loop hiking/mountain bike trail. Other than 2 joggers, a couple bikers, and a large red-headed woodpecker, we had the trail to ourselves and enjoyed the quiet and solitude as well as the stark beauty. This bridge was constructed as an Eagle Scout project a few years back. I would surmise from the effort they expended to raise it four feet or so that the creek really rages in the spring flood season.


The southern section has the most hills as the trail has to descend 4 times to cross fingers of the man-made lake, and then ascend to regain the altitude of the hills.



Here's our other hike last week

Here's our mountain biking day last summer