Hanging Rock State Park will soon be sporting a new trail, Riverbluffs Trail. Beginning at the park's Dan River access parking area, the trail follows the river upstream and loops back. It is a short trail and designed for all levels of hiking ability. I'm told the trail may be paved as well if it holds up well. That would provide access for folks with mobility disabilities.
During today's work, we paused at the spot above. If you click on the image for a larger view you'll notice the rock work in the river as well as the tall rock structure almost dead center of the photo. I've learned the batteau boat people did not venture up this far on the Dan River so they did not build these structures. Native Americans built fish weirs on these rivers. The "V" or "U" shaped rock structures were designed to channel fish into a zone where it was easier to spear of net them. I don't know if this structure is such but a portion of it has that appearance. It also could be just a sluiceway built by recreational paddlers. The tall stone structure is built like a chimney. I don't know its significance but suspect recreational paddlers may have built it. Or maybe it was built by recreational smokers.
Today's work on the trail involved "grubbing". We roughly chopped a 5 foot wide trail along the river. It is passable at this point but still needs some final grooming.
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