Trails

Thanks to Josh and many of our members for helping to maintain trails.

Use caution when hiking. It is easy to get lost in the woods. Consider these suggestions:

Let someone in camp know where you are going, and when they should begin to worry.
Carry water, a whistle, a light, a space blanket.
Carry a compass or GPS.
During hunting season, wear orange.

The Shore Trail

The shore trail begins behind Little Yonder and continues around the lake. In the late 1960s one could follow it to the Wigton’s camp on the northwest edge of the lake, near Grant’s Camps, but the trail has not been maintained. In fact, back then on a memorable summer day, the youngsters in camp decided to go for a walk and ended up at Wigton’s. Luckily, the children had all stayed together. After a phone call, they were fetched back to camp by boat.

The Shore Trail is generally passable to Flatiron Landing. In 2009, it was cleared between Flatiron Landing and The Lunch Ground, which is just past the spot where Flatiron Stream enters the lake.

Pipeline Trail

This trail was cleared by John and Ellen Gould circa 2000. When in doubt, “follow the pipes.” It has 3 legs. The first leg leaves Yonder Road shortly after the bridge. It goes up to the old water tower, which is at the top of the rise behind the Yonders. There is a pretty view of the lake from there. The next leg proceeds down the hill to the Shore Trail. The third leg leaves the Shore Trail fairly quickly, after crossing a stream. It goes by a shack, possibly an old pump house? It then goes up a hill, adjacent to a stream on the right as one goes uphill. It ends at the spot in the stream where water first entered the pipe. The pipe was apparently laid in 1912, with a report that the source was a spring on Spotted Mountain; see Short History to 1934.

Flatiron Pond --------------------

See the page discussing Flatiron Pond.

Flatiron Trail

Flatiron Trail begins at Flatiron Landing on the lake. The trail immediately crosses the Shore Trail, and heads up hill to Flatiron Pond. This trail is popular with people from both ends of the lake. KLC keeps a canoe and an aluminum boat at the pond. Grant’s Camps also keeps boats at the pond.

Flatiron Connector Trail

There is a trail that goes around part of Flatiron Pond, from the older dock at the end of Flatiron Trail, to the south, past the newer dock that holds the KLC canoe. About one sixth of the way around the pond, there is a trail that heads away from the pond. This short trail connects to Flatiron Road.

Flatiron Loop

One can take Russell Rd. to Flatiron Rd. to the Flatiron Connector Trail, around Flatiron Pond, to the Flatiron Trail to the lake, to the Shore Trail back to camp.

Blanchard Ponds --------------------

Blanchard Ponds Original Trail

This trail was mostly destroyed by logging in the 1980s.

Blanchard Ponds via The Old Dump

There is a pleasant trail to Blanchard Ponds behind the old dump, which was closed in the 1980s or 1990s. [when?] This trail has a branch to the First Blanchard Pond, which is small and sometimes nearly dry. The trail goes through a meadow, and includes a short branch to Million Dollar Rock, a large chunk of quartz that can actually be seen in the Google Map overview of the area. It ends in the area between the Second and Third (largest) Blanchard Ponds.

Blanchard Ponds via Russell Rd

John and Ellen Gould marked a trail that begins at the end of Horse Trailer Road, named for a horse trailer that is no longer present. Leaving camp on Russell Rd, this is the first left after Dump Road. The last part of this trail, where it crosses a stream, is the original trail to Blanchard Ponds.

That stream comes down from Spotted Mt and joins Blanchard Stream shortly after the crossing. Blanchard Stream drains the largest Blanchard Pond, goes under the Dump Road through a huge culvert, and empties into the lake behind Back Beach.

Blanchard Ponds Connector Trails

The two Blanchard Ponds connector trails allow one to get to the original trail to Blanchard Ponds, without traveling on Russell Road. One can walk a loop to the ponds from the Dump Road. One end of the loop is just past the old dump; the other end of the loop is at the first sand pit on Dump Road.

The Sand Pit Connector extends from the first sand pit on Dump Road to the start of the trail to Blanchard Ponds via Russell Rd.
The Beaver Dam Connector goes over the beaver dam on Blanchard Pond. One end of the connector is at the end of the meadow near Million Dollar Rock. The other end is on the original trail to Blanchard Ponds.

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