Today, we are on the Haw River Trail at Longmeadow, a rather short section of hiking trail that may one day connect with other hiking trails along the Haw River. Our hike today is barely 3 miles out and back. It is very near downtown Graham. Most of the trail is beside a golf course so very few homes were visible. And the golf course was closed due to the weather. As has been the case lately, frozen trail early in the morning, turns to mud by noon.
Ever since Stanley told me about the big cat in Burlington, I've been looking for prints while in Alamance County. These aren't large enough for that cat and look more like a canine minus nails.
The trail follows the Haw River on river left. Here is the bridge under I-40 and I-85 and then a hiking bridge over a tributary. There is lots of traffic on this road and this is a noisy spot.
The only riffle we saw in an otherwise lazy flowing river.
The sign indicates the end of the trail. However, a bridge says otherwise. Once I walked across it, it's true, this is the end of the trail. The Haw River Trail is a work in progress. The river corridor from Haw River State Park to Jordan Lake State Recreation Area is 80 miles. Of that, about half is paddle able with river accesses. The terrestrial trail is currently about 20 miles. I have been on most of the land trail. This is one of the least scenic segments.
This is a nicely built single span bridge. I would have been fun to see this being built.
Chainsaw fun
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