Farming

Difficulty: Moderate

Distance: 1.40 miles

Restrooms: Yes

Stroller Friendly: No

Wheelchair Friendly: No

Playground: Yes

Dog Friendly: Yes

Location: Oakside Community Park

Clues for Your Hike

1. Park in the parking area across from the park office.
2. Turn left onto the park road and carefully follow the road to the first gravel path on the left.
3. Turn left onto the gravel path that runs between baseball fields 1 and 2 and follow the path as it loops around the park.
4. Go past the tan municipal building with brown garage doors.
5. At the fork in the path that’s located past the municipal building, turn left, heading toward the pond.
6. Follow the path as it winds around the pond.
7. The post will be located on a tree to the left of the path before leaving the pond area. A tan birdhouse will be located near the post.
8. Continue on the path crossing the bridge.
9. After crossing the bridge, turn left to continue following the path.
10. Follow the path straight toward the woods, keeping the next bridge to your left.
11. Follow the path into the woods, turning right at the T in the path and continuing to keep right as you follow the path.
12. You will eventually follow the gravel path out of the woods and pick up the paved road.
13. Carefully follow the road, turning left past the dog park and head back to the parking area.

Did You Know?

• Odd and strange crops that are being farmed - hot chili peppers, leeches, flesh-eating flora, and seaweed, are just a few.
• Cattle and calves, corn, and soybeans are the top three US farm products.
• There are 1.9 million farms in the US and 95% are operated by families.