We arrived at the parking area off of Cemetery Road around 1 PM on a sunny Wednesday and the parking area was about half full. There are restrooms nearby and they were in good shape today. I didn't see any signage indicating a Discovery Pass was needed to park here but I decided to display mine just to be safe.
From the parking area, we followed the Prairie Ridge Trail straight out to the intersection with the Bluff Trail and turned left to follow the trail down the bluff. At the bottom of the bluff, we walked along the beach past the parking area at the bottom of the hill and wandered about a half mile down the beach to a sign indicating that the beach was private property past that point. There were no obstacles of note on the trail at any point on our hike today.
Since it was warm and there was no shade at any point along the trail, we decided to turn around and follow the same route back to the parking area instead of completing the full loop. In all, we hiked about 4 miles round trip and arrived back at the parking area around 4 PM.
Comments