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(Sunday) Pocahontas State Park - NE Section Off Trail Adventure - Chesterfield (C/3)

When
02 Feb 2014
Location
Chesterfield County

(Sunday) Pocahontas State Park - NE Section Off Trail Adventure - Chesterfield (C/3)

Jeff Samuels (796-7949) A somewhat challenging 8 mile hike (3.2 miles off trail), lasting up to 6 hours, in the park's NE section. View Swift Creek Lake from ridges at the end of seldom used unpaved forest roads and from off trail within the park's interior. Hike on sometimes very uneven and steep terrain, over and around downed trees, through sometimes very dense forest, and across 10 narrow streams (step over). See two small cemeteries and the park's largest CCC-built dam. This may be one of your last opportunities to see this mostly undeveloped section of the park before the initial phase of the new mountain biking center trails becomes visible. Bring lunch and water. Restrooms only at beginning. The park entrance is on Beach Road (Rt. 655) 4 miles west of Rt. 10 (Ironbridge Rd). $5 parking fee without park pass. Meet in the big parking lot near the pool/picnic area at 8:50AM.

The ODATC Mission

The construction and maintenance of foot trails for hikers, including the Appalachian Trail between Reids Gap and Rockfish Gap.

The provision of excursions on such trails or other areas.

Offering educational activities related to the need for preserving the great outdoors.

Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club (c).
P.O. Box 25283
Richmond, VA 23260-5283
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