The Louisiana Hiking Club

LA HIKING CLUB ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

JULY

1st - LHC Monthly Meeting, Bluebonnet Library, Baton Rouge, 7:00 – 9:00 pmJordan Smith, Interpretive Ranger, Bogue Chitto State Park will be the guest speaker. In line with the recent email interest in the soon to open Bogue Chitto State Park in Franklinton, LA, Mr. Smith will give a presentation on the history, resources and trails at this new park area.

10th - Hike at LSU Rural Life Essen Lane
We will be hiking at the LSU Burden Research Center at 4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, located off I-10. We will meet at the LSU Burden Research Center rather than the credit union. Directions traveling to New Orleans exit right, the entrance is marked immediately on your right. We will meet at the conference center at 8:45 in the small parking lot. Bring the usual, water, snacks, bug spray & rain gear. The pace will be dictated by the weather & group consensus.

AUGUST

14th - Hike at Clear Springs, MS
The August 2nd Saturday hike will be at Clear Springs Lake, at the
Clear Springs Recreation Area in Homochitto NP, Mississippi. The hike will be short with a swim in the lake when we are finished. This year, LHC is planning to rent the CCC-built pavilion for lunch & will provide watermelon as well. The group will leave as usual at 8:00 from Campus Credit Union at 6230 Perkins Road, at Quail Dr. in Baton Rouge. If you wish to meet at the trailhead, we will meet in the main parking lot in Clear Springs at 10:30. There is a day use fee of $5.00 exact change per car, please stop and pay at the kiosk. It will be hot, bring plenty of water. Bring the usual lunch, snacks, bug spray, sunscreen, raingear. The group will decide which trail to hike the Clear Lakes Trail and the Mill Branch Trail are the shortest.

Directions: Clear Springs is 4 miles south of US Hwy 84. It is 35 miles west of Brookhaven and 32 miles east of Natchez. It is 5 miles west of Meadville on Hwy. 84; turn south on Clear Springs Road (County Road 104), go 4 miles to the recreation area entrance. From Baton Rouge take I110 exit Hwy 19 (Baker). Hwy 19 will turn into Hwy 33 when entering Mississippi. Continue on Hwy 33 till it intersects with Hwy 84, turn right on Hwy 104 to Clear Spring. From I55, take exit 20B Hwy 98 west 29 miles, turn left on Hwy 84, proceed to Country Road 104, and turn right on Hwy 104 to Clear Spring.

14th – 21st trip to Glacier National Park
Come hike with the club in Glacier National Park. The dates will be August 14th to 21st. We will be staying at St Mary campground which is on the east side of the park. This is the only campground in the park that group sites are available to be reserved. Room is still available in the group site. There will be easy access to trails from this campground. There will be some planned day hikes if you wish to join the group or plan your own. Backpacking is also available by permit. There are showers, restaurants, hotels and grocery stores 6 miles from the campground. The cost of the group site will be a minimum of $5.00 per night depending on the number of people. Water and flush toilets are available in the camp ground. All food and items with odors must be kept in a vehicle at all times. Average temperatures for August are 78 for highs and 43 for the lows. We will post info as we have more details.

SEPTEMBER

11th - 2nd Saturday hike
Black Creek Trail in Mississippi

11th – 18th - Hike at Pictured Rocks Nat'l Seashore, MI
Join us at Pictured Rocks National Seashore in Michigan! We will travel to Grand Marais Mi to hike the shore of Lake Superior. This hike is scheduled for Sept. 11-18. The first hiking day will be Sept 13th. We will be camping at the Woodland Park campground in Grand Marais Mi. This a private campground that will allow us to put 3 tents on each site in the primitive campground. These sites are not able to be reserved but we are assured that this time of year we will have no problem. There are showers available in the campground. We will be day hiking but there are plenty of campsites and trails to backpack if you want to.

If you would like to add a hike to the LHC Yahoo Group Calendar, contact Cheryl at cturren@comcast.net or 318-925-9074 with some details and a contact name, e-mail and/or phone #. Would you like to lead future LHC Day hikes? Have any suggestions for a great place for a day hike? Contact President Katherine Gividen at katherine@thehaplesshiker.com. Always looking for new places and people to lead new hikes!!

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