Mapping trail segments

Hayfields Trail
The Hayfields Trail atop Jack London State Park.
User: Austin Explorer - 6/23/2024

Location: Jack London State Historic Park

Rating: 3stars
Difficulty: 4stars  Solitude: 3stars
Miles Hiked: 8.28 Miles  Elapsed Time: 4 hours, 12 minutes

Comments:

Coppertone and I elected to go back to Jack London to map out the few remaining trail segments in the park that we had not previously visited.  Also, given our recent trip to Europe, which involved a lot of walking, we figured we were in better shape as of late.

We took the Mountain Trail to get as to the top of the park as quickly as possible.  After mapping the end of Mountain Trail we also looped around to finish off Hayfields Trail and Cowan Meadow Trail.  Despite our false bravado having walked a lot in Europe we still managed to tire ourselves out quite a bit.  But it was nice to complete our personal map of the park.

The Hayfields Trail has a logical turnaround point near a power pole, though the trail continues on with an overgrown singletrack.  I don't recommend continuing to the actual park boundary line.  It's overgrown and there's no view at the end that makes it worth the effort to get there.



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