“Take only memories, leave only footprints” ―Chief Seattle
The house we are staying at in Lake Harmony is on the eastern edge of Hickory Run State Park. The park offers over 40 miles of beautiful hiking trails. Many of the trails were old roads from the towns of Hickory Run and Saylorsville that flourished in the area between 1830 and 1900.
Our first hike in the park was to Hawks Fall. It was a fairly easy out and back hike through a forest of towering trees and rhododendrons. We've never seen so many rhododendrons. It must be amazing here when they bloom, but the beauty here in October is the wonderful shades of gold, orange and red of the leaves. Everything has a glow about it. It's truly a beautiful sight.
This hike was an out and back hike. On the way back to our car we took a short trail to the top of the falls.
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