8-2-2025 Burton pt22 to pt27

8-2-2025 Burton pt22 to pt27

There was a Little Loop Hike run by the Chapter at 830, but I could not make this time.  Jess joined the early hike.  Myself and Kim decided to come a bit later at 11am.  Katie decided to join us.  We met at the Troy Cemetery and shuttled to Welton's Gorge.  The hike was a mix of road and off road.  Alot of meadows with some drainage issues.  There was a few pine forests that made the off road worth while.  The road is busy in this section but often it felt like a bad choice to divert off the road.  Its all part of the experience .

Total 11.75 mi

Bt sections complete 15
Loveland, Ceasar Creek, Troy, Williamsburg, St. Marys, Delphos, West Union, Sinking Spring, Shawnee, Scioto Trail, Old Man's Cave, New Straitsville, Defiance, Pemberville, Norwalk
Bt miles 1 way based on complete sections
45.9mi + 55.1mi + 51.9mi + 51.7mi + 45.5mi + 46.5mi + 58.5mi + 53.9mi + 55.7mi + 61.2mi + 52.5mi +60.6mi + 59.9mi + 56.09 +52.0 mi = 806.99mi

Bt total this year 164.28mi + 11.75mi = 176.03mi
NCT non concurrent this year 0mi
NCT total this year 57.92mi + 4mi = 61.92mi
APT this year 92.60mi + 11.75mi = 104.35mi
Adding APT since sorta exploring this a bit now still not gonna say it's a real trail.
ADT non concurrent this year 74.56mi + 15.45mi = 90.01mi
ADT total this year 108.76mi + 15.45mi = 124.21mi
Florida Trail Total this year = 0mi
Total for year 262.34mi + 11.75mi= 274.09mi
Today is day 214 of year,  on track for 365

The Miles

The cars at the start

At the cemetery 

Where we started

View back at parking at the start 

On the road

Some beautiful farms

Great flowers along the side of the road

Animals were out

Welcome sign for Burton

A better view of the sign

Welton cemetery.

I assume same Welton as the gorge

Historical marker

Other side of the Historical marker

A turn right before the town square

Water tower

Some great stores here in the square

We are going over there. Coffee was required.

The coffee shop.

A map of the square

Our path forward.  A nice park to the left and right up ahead

Town Historical marker

Interesting sign about the history of the village and why this type of space

Historic square

Reverse side

Into the woods

And they were never seen again.

It was a bit swampy back here at first

Some areas were very nice as well.

I wonder how old this sign is.

Always cool to see the different signs

Lake up ahead to the side of trail.

Snail spotting 

It seemed like we popped out to road and crossed and went back into woods a few times on this path

A few swampy areas lol.

Careful working our way through

So much poison ivy today

Loved hiking in the pines.

This is a man planted forest and you can see how regular it is.

Pine trees go sorta odd how they drop they lower branches.

Look at that forest floor.

Pine for days.

This looks like the edge of 2 environments pine to the right and different trees to the left