Travel Reference
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to trudge. Plank-and-rope boardwalks off the trail allow beach access on the 2.8-mile
Red
Trail.
At the midpoint, it branches away from the water to link with longer trails through
mixed hardwood, red pine, or oddball wooded dune areas. The beginning of the Red Trail
is also the only place where you can also ride a mountain bike. Continuing on the Red
Trailtoitssouthernend,hikerscanreachtheonlyclimbabledune,
Old Baldy
,whichoffers
panoramas of Lake Michigan and Clark Lake inland. From there, it's possible to link with
longertrails,includingthe
Yellow Trail,
whichheadswestforanother1.5milesandpasses
the
Red Pine Trail,
a half-mile trail through red pines and a quarter-mile-long spur trail to
Clark Lake.
Should you wish to start your hiking in the other direction, starting from the nature cen-
ter parking lot, the second-most popular trail beside Old Baldy is the 2.5-mile
Black Trail,
which heads northeast along the limestone bedrock of the Niagara Escarpment and leads to
Cave Point County Park,
likely the most photographed parkland in Door County.
