Georgetown-Rowley State Forest

July 4, 2020 Sunny

Georgetown-Rowley State Forest is separated from Willowdale State Forest by the Rowley Road. After crossing the road, we continued to follow Bay Circuit Trail and entered the forest at Marker #30. The trail took us immediately to a small pond fed by the Mill River.

This pond was really beautiful, especially after walking through the featureless Willowdale State Forest. We lingered on the boardwalk and enjoyed the views.

Although this park borders Willowdale State Forest, the trails here are wider and there are more ups and downs and more variety. There are slopes and switchbacks, and it felt less stifling. It also seemed to be less buggy and a bit cooler.

Overall, we saw more families on this trail and this park seemed to be more popular than Willowdale State Forest.

The Mill River and bridge were the highlights of this walk. Willowdale was less interesting and somewhat buggy.
The pond was beautiful and it was less buggy and more breezy.
It was really buggy so me and Miles took the lead and we got outta there.
The trail was less, narrow and rocky, but it was still buggy.
It was really buggy but it wasn’t that hot and it was pretty good.