Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge — Monday, Sep. 1, 2025

Dawn and dusk are the best times to visit the national wildlife refuge; being there before the clouds burn off it is quite cool, even when the forecast calls for high 80’s.

I went in via the Mountain View trailhead, and I’m glad for the no dogs policy because there was a family of deer having second breakfast. that seemed quite content to carry on his usual, despite my proximity as I crossed the bridge on the Wildlife Art Trail.

Columbia Credit Union featured this hike as a partnership with WTA in their explorer series. They are giving away. WTA memberships each week through a raffle people can enter the raffle by snapping a picture of an Explorer series, sticker out in the wild and tagging #columbiacrediunion on social media. They they have featured two hikes over the last two months, and the third will be revealed this week.

For more details see: https://www.columbiacu.org/explorer-series/