Kingfisher Trail Winton Woods 10/5/2008

I originally planned to walk the Miami Whitewater Forest Badlands Outer Loop, which I have not yet walked. I have waked the inner loop, but have not had time to walk the outer. Well, it turns out I did not have time today either.

Fortunately, Winton Woods is a short drive from home, and one of my favorite short nature trails is open again after suffering some damage from the wind storm back on 9/14/08. I could see where a lot of the older and weaker trees took a beating from that storm off on the sides of the trail. The trail itself is in great shape after being closed for repairs.

Harbor Trail Winton Woods 9/21/2008

I started by parking on the west side of Winton Rd. and walked a short distance on the West Trail, which passes under Winton Rd. and leads to the Harbor Trail. The Harbor Trail circles Winton Lake, and it is about 1.2 miles in length.

For a little history about Winton Woods: The park was created in 1939 when its first 905 acres were leased from the federal government. The park now has a total of 2,465 acres.

I have hiked this trail a number of times, and Winton Woods is a favorite destination for me, since it is so close to home.

Miami Whitewater Forest - Oakleaf Trail 9/7/2008

Trailhead sign



One of the ponds







This is a short 0.8 mile loop trail that slips past two small ponds. The trail was closed earlier this year when I tried to hike it. There was some heavy flooding in the spring that caused the Oakleaf trail, parcours trail, and the restrooms to be closed. The restrooms near the trailhead are open, and so are the two nearby trails.

Miami Whitewater Forest is part of the Hamilton County Park District, and daily vehicle passes are $2.00 to enter the park. An annual vehicle pass is only $5.00, and is a great deal if you make a lot of trips to the county parks like I do.

North Myrtle Beach 8/11/2008

I went for a short walk around 7:15 AM from the condo we are staying in to the Cherry Grove Pier. I am not sure of the exact distance, but it felt like at least 2.5 miles out and about 2.5 back. I walked pretty fast and only snapped a few pictures near the pier.The tide is lower in the morning and the beach is nice and wide, It is also less crowded the earlier you can get out here, which is true for most beaches.I hope to get a couple of short walks/hikes during the week, but I will need to get out earlier.The beach makes a nice trail!

Winton Woods Kingfisher Trail 8/2/2008

The bone dry bed of Kingfisher Creek






I went for another walk on this short 1 mile trail Saturday. It is still one of my favorite short walks. This trail is part of the Hamilton County Park District near Cincinnati, Ohio. It is within Winton Woods Park.

Oldfield Beach Trail at Indian Lake 7/9/2008

Grassy side path



Trail Start


I went for a short walk after work on the short Oldfield Beach Trail by Indian Lake (near Lakeview, Ohio). I had originally planned to hike the Pew Island trail on the east side of Indian Lake, and the Cherokee trail on the west side, but I ran out of time.

The Oldfield Beach trail is a short 1.1 mile trail. There is a much longer paved bike/hike trail that runs along the southwest corner of the lake not far from Oldfield Beach. The bike trail has several restrooms apaced along the trail.

The Oldfield trail is paved and passes through some interesting wetland areas.

Buckeye Trail Videos Caesar Creek 5/29/2008

This post contains some of the videos I shot while hiking on Thursday 5/29/08 in the Caesar Creek section of the Buckeye Trail. They are not real clear, since I was using my small Nikon Coolpix point and shoot to take the video.

I have uploaded several more of this short video clips to YouTube.