Would most of you be okay with Hawn State Park? I and one other can get their early to secure our choice location. Good food, firepit, lots of good hanging spots. Not a long hike but pretty. If you want to do more mileage you can.
Time to lock in a location and to make plans!
Any other thoughts?
Gideon
PS, remember to try and reach out to others we've hiked with before who may not be following the site as much nowadays.
Any other inputs??
Gideon
Hawn is in my backyard nearly and is a great location. As in the past, I'll go with what the majority want. Now, for the disclaimer: If my back and ankle do not get better, I'm gonna miss this years hang.
I’m good with Hawn.
I'll plan on getting there (parking lot) at 11:00 am. Doesn't take more than an hour to get to the site. I'll try to upload the map but the trail is the whispering pine trail, the "north loop". after starting on the trail head you turn west and follow the North Loop counter clockwise. You'll drop down off the ridge and start to follow the creek. BE AWARE, this is one creek crossing. Normally it's a few rocks and now issues but if it's been raining hard, it can get a bit deeper. If there's been a lot of rain or you want to avoid that, you can simply follow Pickle Creek trail and you'll come right to the camp site. The site is in a grove of pines by the creek. This is a link to the trails of Hawn: https://apps5.mo.gov/trails/fullMap.action
As I said, I'll be at the trail head parking lot at 11:00 am.
I hope as many of you as possible can be there!
Again, reach out to your friends; the more the merrier and Merry Christmas!
Gideon
So we begin at the Trail Head for a loop called Whispering Pines which we head west from the trailhead to take the north loop? Both the Whispering Pines Trail and the Pickle Creek Trail lead to the campsite? Where do you get onto the Pickle Creek Trail and how much extra distance does that trail add to reach the campsite? Also, how many miles in on the Whispering Pines Trail to reach the campsite?
Are we all camping Friday night at the site? Then what? What is the plan for Saturday night? Where do we plan on camping the second night and how many miles between sites?
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