ABOUT THE PARK:
Glades Wildlife Refuge - Natural Lands Trust
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates for Maple Street Trail - 39.26229, -75.12364
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| No parking lot but room off of the side of the road. |
TRAIL MAP:
Glades Wildlife Refuge Trail Map - Natural Lands Trust
HIKE DISTANCES:
All hikes combined with short drives from one to the other - 8.4 miles
Bald Eagle Trail - 1.6 miles
Maple Street Trail - 4 miles
Warfle Farm Trail .7 miles
Tat Star Tail - 2.1 miles
THE HIKE:
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| This trail head has the main information kiosk. |
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| Maps were available but always bring your own just in case! |
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| The start of the trail. |
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| Ruins to the right. |
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| It appears as tough the trail stops here but it does not. |
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| It is just that when they mow the path the mower can't get through here because ... |
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| ... there is a creek that you can't see until you get through the overgrowth. |
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| Only saw one trail marker along the way but the trail is easy to follow. |
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| Coming out into a clearing with some views. |
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| Because I become so annoyed at finding helium balloons on every hike I decided to start collecting them and this hike did not disappoint. This balloon had been shredded by the mower but I picked up enough pieces ... |
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| ... to piece it back together at home and find a picture of it online to add to my collection. (I now have 4 balloons from the last 4 hikes in a row. My quest continues...) |
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| Poor turtle :( |
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| I had intended to come out on Gandy Road and walk to the Maple Street Viewing Area but ... |
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| ... I misjudged and thought this might be it so I turned right... |
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| ... and there was parking before this gate so I continued on. |
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| And on. |
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| And on. |
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| Only to find hunting blinds EVERYWHERE! But thank goodness it was a Sunday and there was nobody else around. I am pretty sure I had left Glades Wildlife Refuge since I no longer saw boundary signs and I must have been in a WMA although there is none indicated on the map in this area. |
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| Two ducks were happily swimming and I got them just as they took off. One doesn't hang around in a WMA when humans are present :( |
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| But it was a gorgeous day and we walked along for a while before heading back. |
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| Exiting at the gate we continued straight to the stop sign and turned right. That is Maple Street. |
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| Walking along Maple Street to the viewing point with very light traffic this time of year. The entire time only 2 cars passed. |
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| Views from the Maple Street Viewing Area. |
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| Not fond of road walks but heading all the way back to the car along Maple Street. |
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| Almost there. |
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