Leadbetter Point State Park - Dune Forest Loop

The yellow trail is great. The trail to the beach is overgrown but passible. There a few wet areas but not too bad. The half mile along the beach is fine. All of these are on federal refuge land. The trouble starts when you turn west to take the blue trail back to the parking lot. In July I hiked through a quarter mile of two feet deep water. This trail is in the state park and has not been maintained for years. Not only were my boots full of water but I was climbing over and under downed trees.
This trail is so poorly marked that a two mile return to the parking lot ended up being a five mile diversion onto a loop trail that came out at the wrong parking lot. I guess the state is short of funds but if the trail and markers can't be maintained the trail should be closed. Don't take your kids anywhere near the blue trail.