Sunday, September 21, 2014
Hiking WV: Watoga State Park
Go ahead. Say it: WA-TOGA! WA-TOGA! WA-TOGA!
You’re welcome.
Location: Watoga State Park
Trails: Honeybee Trail, Buckhorn Trail, Dragon Draft Trail
Distance: 2.4 miles
Elevation: 920 feet
At Watoga there’s a lake:
As you can see, the leaves are just starting to change:
There’s also an arboretum:
This is a tree (still alive) that has been attacked by some kind of insect, which was then rooted out by woodpeckers.
We hiked the outside of the trail, then cut into the center, where the arboretum trail crosses back and forth across the creek:
It’s fascinating, the amount of stone and rock in the creek bed, that has been uncovered over time, and shifted around every time there’s a hard rain.
There’s also access to the Greenbrier river:
It was a lovely park, and as it’s the end of the season, it was quite empty and quiet (which I always enjoy).
