ABOUT THE PARK:
Kokiwanee Nature Preserve - ACRES Land Trust
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 40.819359, -85.683047
TRAIL MAP:
Kokiwanee Nature Preserve Trail Guide - ACRES Land Trust
HIKE DISTANCE: 2.7 miles
THE HIKE:
Heading back to New Jersey from Missouri on travel day 1, hike 1 of 2.
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| Straight ahead from the parking lot is the wide main trail. We immediately turned right on ... |
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| ... the Mossy Heights Trail. |
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| Starting to catch glimpses of the Salamonie River down below. |
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| The descent down to the river was so steep it involved some sliding down on the behind. There was a waterfall off to the right but there were tons of children there and it did not appear to be flowing well so we just continued on down. |
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| At the bottom, right on the River Trail. |
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| Following closely along the Salamonie River. |
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| Frog Falls with a trickle of water coming down. |
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| Salamonie River |
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| Heading back along the River Trail. |
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| On to another waterfall. |
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| Climbing up steeply out of the ravine but this time with some steps. |
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| Kissing Falls |
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| Crossing over the top of Kissing Falls. |
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| A few more dogwood blooms here. They were all gone in Missouri. |
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| At Fawn Lake the trail to the left is a wide, mowed path. We took the footpath to the right ... |
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| ... which turned out to be unused and becoming overgrown. |
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| We worked our way around back to the main trail ... |
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| ... back to the parking lot. Now a short drive in the car across the river to Salamonie State Forest. |
