Homestead Trail (#333)
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Route map of the Homestead Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...
Route map of the Homestead Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app...
Homestead Trail/Hardtimes Road Junction
The eastern terminus of the Homestead Trail is here, at its junction with the Hardtimes Road, just beyond the concrete bridge over Bent Creek in this shot...
Bent Creek rushes beneath the bridge from the previous shot...
Homestead Trail/Hardtimes Road Junction
The eastern terminus of the Homestead Trail is here, at its junction with the Hardtimes Road...
The Homestead Trail as it departs its eastern terminus at the Hardtimes Road...
This is a nice stretch of trail as it never wanders far from the creek...
Curving upwards a bit through the rhodo and pines...
Passing a scenic little cascade on Bent Creek...
It's definitely nice to have rushing water to listen to along this trail...
Tunneling through the rhodo just before reaching Lake Powhatan...
Suddenly the trail breaks out alongside the Lake Powhatan Dam...
Despite being so obviously artificial (i.e. the dam), Lake Powhatan still possesses a certain beauty...especially on a perfectly calm morning like this with the clouds and surrounding hills reflected in its waters...
Looking down at the dam...
The trail quickly abandons lake views for rhododendron once again...
More tunneling...
After less than a half-mile the Homestead Trail passes its junction with the Small Creek Trail, seen here departing to the left. The Homestead Trail continues straight ahead...
Just down the hill form the previous shot a sign pointing hikers in the direction of the Small Creek Trail is passed...
This narrow footbridge takes the trail across Small Creek, just above where it empties into the lake...
Passing the small beach at the western end of Lake Powhatan...
The waters on this visit created a perfect mirror of their surroundings, so calm were they...
The Homestead Trail as it arrives at the beach from the west...
Looking across the calm waters of Lake Powhatan. The dam viewpoint from earlier is located beyond the dock, seen to the right of center in the distance...
Heading around the west end of Lake Powhatan...
