Trips
Rooselvelt Walking Track (12-27-10 12-31-39PM)
Coffeyville, Kansas, United States
Hiking | 1.0 miles
Hiking | 1.0 miles
Chautauqua Hills Trail at Toronto Point at Cross Timbers State Park on Toronto Lake in southeastern Kansas. Loops around an inlet with yellow, blue, and red hiking/biking segments. I took all of the blue and yellow segments and most of the red.
Ancient Oaks Trail at Cross Timbers State Park on Toronto Lake in southeastern Kansas. In 1982 26 of the old growth trees were analyzed by the University of Arkansas Tree-Ring Lab and the trail winds among 14 of them or their remains.
Toronto Lake Overlook Trail at Cross Timbers State Park
Coyville, Kansas, United States
Hiking | 1.3 miles
Hiking | 1.3 miles
Hiking the Overlook Trail at Woodson Cove at the southeastern end of Toronto Lake in southeastern Kansas. This lake is situated at the northern edge of the Cross Timbers and thus Toronto State Park was renamed Cross Timbers State Park at Toronto Lake in 2002.The overlook trail has sandstone outcroppings and steep ravines with thick carpets of lichens and moss.
Exploring Coronado Heights...or man versus a HOWLING Kansas south wind!It was a gorgeous day to explore this unique area. Exploration began on the summit and worked down and around the hill itself with many switchbacks and interesting places to stop and take pictures. The trails aren't marked in any meaningful way so it was really a kind of go in whatever direction you felt like at each intersection kind of deal. A...
Post Oak Trail at Elk City Lake Overlook (12-28-10 12-15-11PM)
Independence, Kansas, United States
Hiking | 0.8 miles
Hiking | 0.8 miles
Hike on the 1.5 mile Casner Creek Trail loop on 12/30/2010. Pretty desolate this time of year and it was very warm (high 60s) but also very windy. Blog post:http://meador.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/warm-and-windy-day-at-fall-river-lake/
