Tag Archive for Outdoors

Ohio Hiking Trail resources

Been digging around a bit for more trail resources. Came across some useful sites. A lot of these are primarily bike trails over old rail and canal ROWs but still pretty interesting:

  • The DNR summarizes trails across all state properties, including length and difficulty. Helpful because trail length does not correlate with park size at all. The list is organize by county, so here is a county map just in case you’ve forgotten the 88 counties and their county seats (which I had to memorize in 5th? grade)
  • Buckeye Trail. A walking trail around the state, a lot of it on parkland, some on roads. Interesting and might be a fun way to see some stuff.
  • North Country Trail. A trail through the state, connecting with neighboring states. Overlaps the Buckeye Trail but has some different elements.
  • Miami Valley Trails Org. Nice interactive map of all the trails in southwestern Ohio.

Great things about Central Ohio — Part 3

OK Central Ohio doesn’t have a lot of huge national forests or national parks, and so at first I thought hiking opportunities were constrained.

But now I’ve stumbled across all these state nature preserves and some of them are pretty darned big — plenty of ~100 acre preserves, and some huge ones — Blackhand Gorge at 956 acres, Cedar Bog at 427 acres, Lawrence Woods at 1035 acres! I’ve yet to visit any of these but I will get out to at least one in the next week.

Stuff I Want But Don't Need — August Edition

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest – Current Conditions

Frustrating morning, up early and out to the trailhead but road chained off. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest – Current Conditions is supposed to have current conditions, and you can also call the North Bend ranger station 425 888 1421. However they all claim the road is open but it was clearly chained off. Grrr. Try again next weekend.

Brett on Stuff » RedTrails – Interesting Hiking Resource

Awesome find by BrettRedtrails, Wish it showed current snow levels!

All over the place — Distilleries of Scotland, DC, Bullets, Games, Doghouses, Golf, Currency, and more

Brett on Stuff » Chia Seed for Backpacking

Brett on Stuff » Chia Seed for Backpacking.  Brett is an amazing resource.  I have no idea if I will ever need this piece of information in my life, but now I know how to prepare and eat Chia seeds.

Best Hikes on Lopez Island

Heading up later this week and needed a reminder — A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way » Blog Archive » Hiking on Lopez Island — the shark reef walk is still great and I want to hit Iceberg point again. This map provides some detail on finding the trails, but you really need the chamber handout. If I get one this week I will try to post a scanned copy of.

Owl!

 first time I’ve ever seen an owl in nature. Apparently a juvenile barred owl. Very curious about us.

Products I don't understand — Power-Drill Tent Stakes

Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Power-Drill Tent Stakes — OK I love to use power tools but I tend not to carry them while camping, not even if I ever car-camped. I guess this is for people setting up tents at shows, etc.

Stuff I Want But Don't Need — Outdoors Edition

Hiking roundup — Topo Maps, Survival Tools, Micro LED Light

Brett on Stuff » A Backpackers Dream — wow this site is really awesome, who needs to hike anymore? Top 10 survival tools over on wired — handy. Micro LED light — another ultralight goodie from brett

Brett's review of Little Annapurna hike

Brett on Stuff ? Little Annapurna Day hike — what a great review, I wish all trail reviews had this level of detail! Sounds like an awesome hike

Outdoors stuff

And just in case I need motivation to get outdoors — daily exercise dramatically lowers men’s death rates

Stuff I want but don't need — grabbag

Ignition blog posts of note (or related blog content)

Protector Boats

Protector Boats — not in the market but man these look awesome.

Mt Catherine

Weekend hike was Mt Catherine, just past Snoqualmie Pass. Cold and rainy, must have been 45 degrees at the base early Sunday morning. This guy had a much better weather day than me — Mt. Catherine, WA — pretty much all I saw was cloud.

More stuff I don't need but want

More stuff I don't need but want

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