9-27-2025 Blue Blaze Festival

9-27-2025 Blue Blaze Festival 

Joined by Elizabeth and many others

The event begins on Friday night and this year they had some presenters in the theater. Met up with Elizabeth in town. We stayed out in Lancaster and that is about 45 minutes drive to Shawnee. We were later informed there are some additional options a bit closer. They offer runs and a hike option on Saturday. We both were doing the 10 mile hike. After the hike we went to the black diamond tavern for some lunch.

Total 10.45mi

Bt sections complete 16

Loveland, Ceasar Creek, Troy, Williamsburg, St. Marys, Delphos, West Union, Sinking Spring, Shawnee, Scioto Trail, Old Man's Cave, New Straitsville, Defiance, Pemberville, Norwalk, Medina

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 + 56.09mi +52.0mi +55.8mi = 862.79mi

Bt total this year 250.43mi + 10.45mi = 260.88mi

NCT non concurrent this year 0mi

NCT total this year 65.92mi + 10.45mi = 76.37mi

APT this year 127.76mi + 11.85mi = 139.61mi

Adding APT since sorta exploring this a bit now still not gonna say it's a real trail.

ADT non concurrent this year 114.10mi + 14.92mi = 129.02mi

ADT total this year 170.85mi + 10.45mi = 181.30mi

Florida Trail Total this year = 0mi

Total for year 387.50mi + 10.45mi= 397.95mi

Today is day 270 of year,  on track for 365

The miles

BTA Office

Cool to see the blue blazes to the door

Registration in front of the office

Apparently I only got a good pic of the back of the Historical marker 

The start finish line

Trailhead at the lake

The lake

Nice signage for the event

On the Buckeye Trail

I enjoyed these trails before and they are just awesome back here.

Wildflowers 

Intersection marked with trails

Odd things you see sometimes

An aid station 

These are mostly for runners but we all are allowed.

Has all these trails and the BT as well

Nice cluster of mushroom

I think this is at another aid station just after and looking back

On the BT here as well

You can see the group of women I hiked with today.

Was happy to be in the forest and cool and not dying from the sun

Nice trail not too hilly just enough to be interesting 

Huge leaf

Another lake

Some of the signage around the lake

More signage

Back at the trail intersection 

Great signage for the hike run

More examples

We only had one spot we got semi turned around

Almost back. This is Tecumseh Lake

Trailhead now in the sun a few hours later.

Picnic area sign

This is the Wayne 

Walking back to Shawnee

A train

Historic Shawnee

Our group

On the door at the office

A nice Pic with our patches.