Bush Mill Preserve

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Difficulty: Easy
Length: 1.2 miles / 1.9 km
Duration: 1 hour or less

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Overview: The hidden Virginia peninsula!

Not many people come here as its mostly farmland and marshes. But you will find tons of small antique shops, fishing villages, and farm stores. Pick your own berries!

This is one of the unique finds, a small preserve that is seldom published.

The preserve has some nice water views and is a historic supply route for sailboats from offshore.

Very easy walking with several places to have a quiet lunch, you'll have the entire trail to yourself and the birds.

A possible Audubon area :-)

This is one of three hikes in the Virginia Peninsula Audubon bundle.

Tips:

easy walking, bring some water
good lunch spots on the water
free

Points of Interest

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trail head and parking lot

this is a quick trail that heads to the water at the bay.

easygoing, tons of birds!

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blue marked trails

the trails are blue marked.

the forest area is not pine, but many other trees.

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intersection

intersection to the heron branch, theres a lookout on the water here

nice spot for a quiet lunch

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1st lookout on the water

great spot for lunch!

nice hidden lookout behind trees.

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flowers in bloom in may

mayish and the flowers are in bloom!

lots of bees this time of year.

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boardwalk area

the boardwalk begins here.

water opens up on the left, if your quiet youll see some creatures in the water.

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more water views

a small bench and more water views

another great lunch spot

there are houses across the river

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the landing!

this is a point of a very old offload point for lumber and other supplies that would come up the bay and dropoff here....because the water was deep enough here until this point.