Maple Tract Preserve & Fern Ridge Bog, December 26, 2021, 7 Miles RT

This is a super fun place to hike. The trail isn’t very well marked so it’s kind of fun to try and find your way through the hemlocks and in and out of the bog areas. The only downside is that this preserve is right next to a freeway so you get a lot of traffic noise on parts of the trail. I haven’t been here in the summer yet, but I imagine the mosquitos must be terrible. It’s a very interesting ecosystem and a beautiful place to go for a hike, especially if you don’t want to see a lot of people on the trail. Not sure many people come here.

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