Trails Less Traveled
Trails Less Traveled
The benefits of fresh air and sun are well documented, and exercise adds an additional boost. Not only is an outdoors break a health advantage for our bodies, but for our minds as well.
Reservoir Hollow Trail | Buena Vista
This trail is 3.4 miles point-to-point and accessed from either Route 60 or Pine Avenue. A key feature of this trail is the stream on the downtown side.
- Intermediate Trail
- Leashed Dogs Welcome
- Map
Uncas Trail | Lexington
A hidden gem inside Lexington city limits is the Uncas Trail within the Lexington Barrens and Bluffs conservation site. Access it from Shop Road behind the Lexington Public Works Department; a sign points the way.
- Steep trail; undetermined difficulty level
- Home to a rare plant, Three-Flower Melic Grass (Melica nitens), a bunch grass
- Bluff-view of the Maury River
- Access to the Maury River (wave to walkers on the Chessie Trail across the way)
- Map
Big Marys Creek Trail | Vesuvius
Located on a National Forest service road off Rt. 56, Big Marys Creek offers many water features and stepping water falls.
- Easy Trail
- Leashed Dogs Welcome
- Grab a bite at Gertie's Country Store.
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