We were coming back to West Virginia, and I noticed an AT crossing on Alt 40 between Middletown and Boonsboro, and Kirk was like, "Oh yeah, I hiked through here years ago," and I was..... "Hello, this is like 18 miles from our house"..... So I marked it down as a "get this done before… Continue reading I Hiked A Very Small Section Of The AT (George Washington Monument State Park)
Tag: Dayhiking
Morgan’s Grove Park Pollinator Garden
It's still summer until September 22nd, and it is still summer most days, but this morning it was 68°, with only a high of 76° predicted. Lower humidity and a nice wind held the bugs back. That's dreamy hiking weather in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. We decided to go to Morgan's Grove Park… Continue reading Morgan’s Grove Park Pollinator Garden
Cool Spring Preserve
The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia has four preserves run by the Potomac Valley Audubon Society. Cool Spring Preserve is the third, located a few miles outside Charles Town, WV, near the Virginia border. To see the others, click here. No, it isn't hardcore hiking, but that really doesn't matter to me. I much prefer… Continue reading Cool Spring Preserve
Berkeley Springs State Park And George Washington’s Bathtub
I had wanted to visit Berkeley Springs State Park in Berkeley Springs, WV, for quite some time, but it had not lined up. The state park is not big, at barely 4.5 acres is size, and parking is a real issue, as it sits right in town, a town that grew up around America's first… Continue reading Berkeley Springs State Park And George Washington’s Bathtub
Fairfax Stone State Park
In what is most likely West Virginia's smallest state park, two monuments mark the farthest reaches of Lord Fairfax's land grant from colonial times. Fairfax Stone State Park comprises four acres and is named after the Fairfax Stone, a surveyor’s marker and boundary stone used in the 1700s to settle a dispute over land in… Continue reading Fairfax Stone State Park