Today's hike is a variation I've not done before. There are so many trails at Morrow Mountain, you can almost always do a loop of some sort. A great place to start is at the park office. From that point, I headed up Hattaway Mountain Trail. Dr Kron, who lived on the property in the early 1800s, called his place "Attaway Place".
This mountain has a ryolite quarry on top, as do all the other mountains in the park. Somewhere up there, I went off trail to the left thinking there was an old road nearby. It was quite a bit further than I thought, but I managed to locate it and hiked down the mountain toward the horse trail.
Today, the horse trail was dry and pleasant to walk on. Usually it is a muddy mess. Passing the park entrance, through someone's backyard and the horse trailer parking area, I'm still on the horse loop trail.
The park dump
Every trail junction has a sign with map and directions each way. I pass a number of these and head toward the campground. In this area, the trails have been dozed lately and are red dirt. This is going to erode quickly. It may not look so good next year.
Once at the campground, it is an easy walk through the woods to the park office. Nice loop on a nice day. Its always fun to try something new.
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