/We did about 4.5 miles in about 2.25 hours. Flat terrain and easy trails made for a quick hike. We took a detour that is not shown on the map coming back. There was a mowed path that kind of follows the tree line to the east of the river that we took back to a gate at Newburg Road. Then we walked along Newburg and Ipsen Roads back to the trail head.
The trail on the map is pretty close except that the loop at the south end is much smaller than depicted.
Lots of deer tracks and scat on the trail, both on the Boone County and Winnebago County sides.
/11-22-11 ETA:
I sent an email to the operations director at BCCD. Like many places, the key to getting an email reply seems to be to get an actual person's email address.
I asked if there was a plan to extend the mowed path that goes along the tree line back to the trail head. He said they were planning to extend it under the bridge into the area north of Mulford and extend to the trail system at LIB. He said they were scouting the area currently and it was possible they might extend it back to the trail head. He said there is lots of work to be done there.
I had mentioned in my email about the fancy outhouse. He said it was part of some kind of insurance settlement and said "We were extremely
lucky to get that outhouse". Apparently someone ran into a WCFPD outhouse and this was the replacement but they could not get the old one out, and the old one was what was going to be moved to this place.
ETA 12-3-12
I emailed the Boone County Conservation District and asked. The eastern part of the property south of Newburg Road is Ipsen Road C.A. and the western part is Newburg Village C.A.
I updated my County Line map to show this.
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