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GPS Text File for Non-TOPO! Users

Description: From the Visitor Center hike back down the park road for 0.40  miles. Turn right onto the violet trail. The grade here is very slight. In 0.59 miles come to the edge of an open meadow. Bear left onto an old road, following its edge blocked now by thickets of small saplings. In another 0.24 miles turn left, re-entering the woods. In a couple of steps turn right onto another old road. In 0.22 miles arrive at another old road. Turn sharply left, almost back on yourself, onto a blue blazed footpath. In 0.86 miles cross the park road. In 0.40 miles come to another old road. Turning left is a short cut and by-pass should you not want to attempt crossing the beaver pond. Turn right to continue. In 0.27 miles turn left onto the yellow trail. At one point you will descend from a hill on a set of steps. In 0.57 miles from leaving the blue trail arrive at the old airport road. Turn left and in a few steps turn left onto the red trail. In 0.15 miles arrive at the potentially flooded area. Change to your water crossing shoes if necessary and cross over to the other side. You should be able to follow the submerged trail. Its base is sand and gravel and very stable. Be sure to use the bridge as there is a drop off into the stream. In 0.71 miles pass an old cement mixer on the right and arrive at the green trail. Turn right here and enjoy a 0.45 mile hike through some towering Tulip Poplars. Continue straight at a trail split and in 0.14 miles turn left and begin to parallel the river. In 0.37 miles turn right and then right again on the brown nature trail. The trail descends to a river side bench and turns left. In 0.16 miles arrive at a boardwalk that leads to a viewing platform. Besides getting a panoramic view of Jug Bay you also get a chance to observe osprey and water birds.