This was the first weekend of July where I was able to do a park
walk as part of the Georgetown Running Club’s 2020 Summer Tour. It was actually Independence Day when I did
this, and since we were all under lock-down at the time, it made sense to go to
a park. Great Hills Park is a Y-shaped
park just west of 183, and there were three major entry points to it (and a
couple minor ones). The one closest to
me was at Taylor Draper (hence the sign).
This is a very easy trail, and most of it has the cover of trees,
which was nice to be in the shade of the bright day. There’s about a half-dozen places where the
trail crosses the stream (creek, brook, whatever), and only a couple have
bridges. One crossing is the top of a
dam, which is the water is too high it becomes impassable. The other ones require some jumping or
reaching from one rock to another to cross (which is also made more difficult
when the water is higher). Obviously I
didn’t have that issue today.
On this trip I made sure to do the entire trail, and took all
options which would lead me to an entry point (just to be able to say I’ve done
them all). One section where there was a
clearing there were a few “bat houses” set up, which was nice to see shelters
for the wildlife. Other than bugs, some
squirrels, and a bird here-and-there, I didn’t see any other wildlife.
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