Showing posts with label IN Salamonie River State Forest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IN Salamonie River State Forest. Show all posts

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Salamonie River State Forest, IN

ABOUT THE PARK: 
Salamonie River State Forest - Indiana Department of Natural Resources 

DIRCTIONS: 
GPS Coordinates 40.809009, -85.682888
Hominy Ridge Lake Parking (parking is not shown on  the trail map)

TRAIL MAP: 
Salamonie River State Forest Horse and  Hiking Trails - Indiana Department of Natural Resources

HIKE DISTANCE:  4.5 miles

THE HIKE: 
Heading back to New Jersey from Missouri on travel day 1, hike 2 of 2.
We started on a trail to the far right of the parking lot heading towards Salamonie River.  It was a very muddy and chunked up trail from heavy horse traffic.
Salamonie River at the Salamonie Dam
Zooming in to a waterfall on the other side of the river.
We arrived at the river just in time to see two crows chasing a bald eagle.
At times there were trails where horses were not allowed ...
... and those trails were in great shape.
A Greater Yellowlegs in the Salamonie River.
A waterfall with a trickle of water coming down.
Several trails branched off steeply uphill with no signs so we just went up ...
... and followed a very faint trail ...
... until we hit an actual trail but with no blazing and very few signs I had to rely heavily on the Gaia app to determine where we were.
A rare marker for the blue trail.
There were supposed to be several waterfalls along the way but they must have dried up because I had no luck in finding them even though there had been rain recently.
Ah ha!  A waterfall.  Seems I found two out of the five.
Crossing the dam at ...
... Hominy Ridge Lake ...
... back to the parking lot.
A tired dog out for the night in the motel.