Do You Have wonderful Walking Trails (Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, New Mexico)

[LittleDolphin]

I live in a pretty coastal community..and yet...I'm longing for a community with walking trails through the woods and forests..I miss big trees.

Tell me about your community-- and if you, too, love being among trees, rocks, and clear-flowing water...

I'm being called by the trees....

[oldgardener]

We have 5+ acres that we've made into walking trails through the woods, along the river, over a stream. It's wonderful.


There is a community in western WA called Tehaleh. It's a development, which I wouldn't care for, but it has 1800 acres of walking trails with a gorgeous view of Mt. Rainier along the trails. I was hoping my sister would pick that area to move to, but she didn't, and I was so disappointed.

[Amontillado]

I'm in New England. We've got hills and trees and rivers, and a coastline too.

[xPlorer48]

In the PNW: we have trails up the road in one direction, trails in a park in the other.

[guidoLaMoto]

I'm a refugee in WI, having escaped to freedom from IL. We have a great series of trails & nature areas here with the crown jewel being the Ice Age Scenic Trail-- a 1000 mile long trail that traces the furthest extent of the glacier mass in the last glaciation. https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/activities/hike.html


But I'd also like to recommend the Cook County Forest Preserve District- the only good thing I can say about the Chicago area. It's comprised of 68,000 acres of forest & tallgrass prairie with many small lakes, ponds, swamps & riparian habitat. There are over 200 miles of mixed-use (hiking/biking/bridle) paths. Most of it is within 20 minutes of downtown Chicago; some of it within the city limits. It's amazing how it's so convenient to a population base of 3million, yet hardly anyone capitalizes on it. http://fpdcc.com/

[hunterseat]

Connecticut had some of the loveliest trails with granite outcroppings, streams, lush greenery, sometimes shoreline, sometimes fauna.

I left there for the Mojave desert. yay. I'll let you know about trails once the daytime temps drop back down into the double digits.

[Rocko20]

Hawaii has some amazing hikes and trails. It's actually insane to think about when you consider how small the islands are.

[kygman]

I live in western Kentucky. Many years ago the TVA(Tennessee Valley Authority) dammed up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers to make Kentucky and Barkley Lakes. They then forced all the land owners off the land between the rivers and formed what is now the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. With all the abandoned roads and paths, the LBL has over 500 miles of trails in the 170,000 acres of the park.
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/s...e-bike-trails/

[ABQConvict]

I live in New Mexico in the city. Unfortunately I am about a 20-25 minute drive from a trailhead where I can be immediately in forest (true forest, not scrubby trees).

[Crazy4Chickens]

We moved to SW Wyoming and we are surrounded by forests and mountains. We have three hiking trails that our community upkeeps, that are in our neighborhood. We are only minutes away from them, and many other hiking trails. We have been living here for two years, and we've yet to even scratch the surface on the many hiking trails nearby. I love hiking immensely, so I feel so lucky to live where we live.