Oden Island Nature Preserve Hike Route Map

The Route...

Oden Island Nature Preserve

Welcome to Oden Island Nature Preserve...

Oden Island Nature Preserve Trailhead

The trail map...I'd be covering them all in a general counter-clockwise direction...

Blue Trail

Heading out into the forest...

Blue-Red Trail Junction

Taking a right towards the lakeshore...

Red Trail

Moss sporophytes (brown, spore carrying capsules) ready to spread spores for future generations...

Red Trail

A helpful boardwalk across a wet spot near the shore...

Red Trail

The conifer woods along the shore...

Red Trail

Interesting fungi (I thought)...

Red Trail

Enjoying the late-afternoon breeze...

Red Trail

Looking south across Crooked Lake...

Red Trail

I like these little plants...club moss (FYI: it's not a moss, it's a fern)...

Red Trail

Crossing another swampy area...

Red Trail

I imagine in a few weeks the bugs will be out in droves here!!

Blue Trail

A nice stand of Hemlocks...

Blue Trail

Tilted Cedars...

Blue Trail

I found it amazing that the Cedars here could survive at such angles!

Blue Trail

Another nice spot to rest...

Blue Trail

Another look across Crooked Lake...

Blue Trail

Between the Cedars on the way out to the island's tip...

Blue Trail

The trail peters out a bit short of the island's tip...a look across to the developed north shore of Crooked Lake...

Oden Island Point

Heading back amongst the Cedars...

Oden Island Point

Twisted...

Oden Island Point

More lake views...the unending strings of cottages made me appreciate even more this protected piece of property...

Red Trail

This now-deceased Hemlock looks like it was once a giant!

Red Trail

TIMBER!!!

Red Trail

A unique look beneath a tree...

Red Trail

Spring green returning...

Red Trail

More of my cool little club mosses...

Red Trail

...and yet another...

Blue Trail

The pleasant walk back to the parking area...