Balm Boyette Scrub and Triple Creek
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This is a nice trail system that is overall almost 5.5 miles if you do the whole loop. There is a dividing trail that you can take to cut that in half if need be. The dividing trail cuts the area into 2 different parks. The north side is Triple Creek and the south side is Balm Boyette. There are 2 entrances into the area. The south entrance has facilities and also links up to Alifia River property which is awesome mountain bike riding. This is cool because from here you can access the bike trails for FREE instead of going to the park proper and paying like 5 bucks to get in.
I will start this by saying that this was not 38 miles as described in the stats. My GPS in my phone freaked out and I had to trim off a distant point. Bobby, Tyler and I decided to hike this trail as a group I am a member of was going on a day hike. We decided to get started a little early and took the trail clock wise while the other members of the group went counter clockwise.
There is a big difference from a county park and a state park and this is proof of that. I had read as much as I could find about the area but there isn't a lot of info out there. What I mean is, this trail is poorly marked! The creek crossings are merely RR ties which isn't horrible but.... There was also a fair amount of water on the trail as it had rained about an inch 2 days ago. This also doesn't seem to be a trail that is hiked often. The scrub areas are tight at times. This trail does have some nice wide open spaces and it is easy to wonder of the trail so keep your eyes open for wooden poles with arrows on them. In the sand flats you come across multiple options to take. Mind your manors or you will walk in circles out here. Look for foot prints to guide you if any. The trail gets really hard to follow as you begin the finish in the scrub. Once again look for the post for arrows as the blazes are dull. At times you will be on the trail but there is no trail to follow. HAVE A MAP which you can find online or at the trail head.
Back to the other group that went counter clockwise. We meet them on the trail after they had come thru the sand flats and scrub and had mentioned how they had gotten off course. Some of these guys are pretty experienced hikes and they managed to lose there way a bit.
Bottom line, nice walk but kind of sketche.
