Forestry

Difficulty: Moderate

Distance: 1.52 miles

Restrooms: Yes

Stroller Friendly: No

Wheelchair Friendly: No

Playground: Yes

Dog Friendly: Yes

Location: Pine Grove Furnace State Park – Fuller Lake

Clues for Your Hike

1. From the parking area, head toward the building by the lake and turn left at the first intersection, just before the building. Keep the building on your right.
2. The paved path turns to gravel, bending right with a tree stump on the right and a grass field straight ahead. This is Fuller Field.
3. Turn left off the path into the grass and head straight across the field, staying in the middle of the field.
4. Look for the mowed opening at the far end of the field in the middle of the tree line. You will see a white sign for the trail.
5. Cross the bridge and turn left to follow the trail with the yellow blazes on the trees. You will be going slightly uphill.
6. When you reach a tree with two yellow blazes, turn right. There is a post here that says E39.
7. At the next tree with two yellow blazes, stay left. You will see a tree with a yellow blaze. Watch your step as there are lots of roots as you go downhill.
8. The trail will curve left, narrowing and curving right. As you pass a tree with two yellow blazes, the path curves right and widens.
9. Cross under a tree and keep going. The path curves right again, following the yellow blazes. Cross the wooden bridge and continue as the path curves right.
10. At the next bridge, turn slight right to stay on the path. The post is just ahead on your right.
11. Continue in the same direction with the water on your left. Keep following the yellow blazes.
12. Stay on the path with the yellow blazes and cross a small concrete slab; just ahead will be a large concrete slab.
13. Continue on the path along the water, going uphill for a bit. Go down the wooden steps and downhill, then the rock steps.
14. Keep walking down into a small gulley, passing a post, and up the other side. Cross the bridge, go back across the field and back to the parking area.

Did You Know?

• Forests cover about 31% of the world's land area and are home to over 80% of the world's terrestrial animals and plants.
• The Amazon Rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen. It's often called the "lungs of the Earth."
• Trees have existed for over 300 million years, making them one of the oldest living organisms on Earth.