Big puddles along the way support water striders, pollywogs, a frog or two and even a few red-spotted newts in the largest one we pass.Īside from these puddles and small intermittent creeks, Big Woods doesn’t have lots of water. Footing consists of rocks and dirt, but it is hard-packed and mostly level - fairly easy going. The trail starts out wide and open through a field of milkweed, Queen Anne’s lace, goldenrod, and sweet fern. The plan was to use the blazed trail, marked with black arrows on bright yellow squares, as the basis for our hike.
Though still early September, it felt like fall when wildlife photographer Nancy Hopping and I met Ambrose and Forrest at the Big Woods north trailhead.
Who better to help me plan an interesting loop through fall woods? And they have great trail mapping skills. Patiently, persistently, over a period of 17 years, Chestnuthill Township supervisors have assembled hundreds of acres of forest for public recreation - the land that makes up The Big Woods Natural Area.Īmbrose Cavalier, 15, and his father, Forrest, have hiked and biked here often.
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