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As I said, Chickasabogue Park offers several different hiking opportunities, but
my favorite is the Cemetery Loop Trail. The trail is used by both hikers and cyc-
lists and for this trek incorporates a short portion of the Beach Loop Trail. The
trail is marked with red paint blazes. Some are faded and hard to see, but you
should be able to follow the route without much trouble. I will tell you that a sign
near the trailhead says that hikers should use the yellow-blazed trail and cyclists
the red-blazed trail, but you'll be hard-pressed to find the yellow along most of the
route, so we opted for the red-blazed trail. Just keep an eye out for cyclists.
The Cemetery Trail begins at the parking area next to the park's sports field. As
the trail meanders away from the parking area and through several wetlands, it
runs parallel to I-65 for a while before coming to Myers Cemetery, which was es-
tablished in the 1800s. The interstate proves to be the only drawback to hiking this
trail. Throughout your walk you will hear the drone of cars in the distance, and
then just before coming to the cemetery, the trail is right next to the highway with
a short spacing of trees in between. The noise never proved that distracting,
however, and you will quickly tune it out.
Continuing on, the trail circles around and comes to the intersection of the Ce-
metery Loop and Beach Loop trails. Here you'll take the right fork and head down
to the banks of Chickasaw Creek for a look at this wide black-water river. From
there it is a short road walk back to the trailhead and your vehicle. Along the way
you'll pass the nature center on your right that has informative posters describing
the wildlife and plant life found in the park.
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