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Camping no longer allowed
Such a beautiful place to hang over with family. Neat and clean place, love to visit again and again.
Got turned around and lost the trail after it snowed, but overall the trail was safe, easy to moderate, and not crowded at all.
Love the gunpowder river! It's perfect for wading, fishing, and sunbathing. When the gunpowder is high enough it can be rafted or kayaked. The diversity of flora and fauna is wonderful. Great place for outdoorsmen and families.
It was a long, nearly 16 mile hike this time that took me 7 hours. There weren't any huge changes in elevation along the entire hike so it was fairly simple. In order to make things interesting I scrambled up 2 different rock faces, climbed up a slippery section of stream, climbed to the top of a fallen tree, and clambered around the pot rocks section, all of which was really fun. I was along the water pretty much the whole time and there where plenty of Geese, Great Blue Herons, and other water fowl. Blazes were marked consistently, I figured I'd give Alltrails a go and surprisingly it was super convenient. I think I'm gonna use it from now on. The trail was closed at I-95 and I'm thankful because I would have gone further and the return trip would have been more grueling. I like to travel light with the items that I bring. It's usually a bag of trail mix, map, phone, ID, car key, and hiking stick that's it no water, I drink before I walk so I'm not carrying a heavy water bottle. Overall, the scenery was nice and it was a cool and cloudy spring day, honestly, couldn't ask for nicer weather.
