Boots
Difficulty: 
Hard
Distance: 2.1 miles
Restrooms: No
Dog Friendly: Yes
Stroller Friendly: No
Playground: No
Wheelchair Friendly: No
Location: Spring Valley County Park – Cross Roads Parking Area along Potosi Road
Your Keys to Adventure
- Park at the Cross Roads parking area. At the far end of the parking area, there is a yellow gate for a stone maintenance road 1. Start following the stone road into the woods and away from the parking area. You will cross a bridge in about 50 yards over a small stream. Continue straight.
- After a couple hundred yards, you’ll come to an intersection with M4 on your right. Continue straight and across the concrete bridge.
- A short distance after crossing the bridge, a stone road marked M3 will be on the right. Turn right onto M3 and follow it up the hill. It will go up a hill for a while. Near the top, there will be a gate on your right with the red rectangle trail. Continue straight on M3. About 50 yards further, there will be another intersection with the red rectangle trail at a powerline. Turn left here.
- Follow the powerline until the trail branches off to the left. Make sure not to go past the no trespassing signs and purple paint. This is private property.
- Follow the trail as it weaves through the woods following the red rectangles. You will come to a small stream crossing and the trail will start going uphill. Continue following it.
- You will come to an intersection as you’re heading uphill that will be marked as trail 1b. Continue straight to stay on the red rectangle trail that is also marked as 1c. The trail will weave through the woods and up the hill until you reach a plateau on top of the right. It will slowly start heading downhill from here. Keep following the red rectangle trail as it meanders along the hillside. You’ll come to a wall of stone going up and down the hill and a sign that says 1c straight ahead. Continue following the trail.
- The trail will become narrow here for a little bit until you see two more 1c signs close together. Keep following the trail. You will eventually come to a long straight away and will eventually meet a maintenance road. The post can be found near this intersection.
- To return to your car, turn left onto the maintenance road. Continue straight all the way back to the car.
Read More About It
- Dog in Boots by Greg Gormley
- Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault
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Some Breadcrumbs for the Trail!
- Julius Caesar had boots made of solid gold for his Gallic War.
- Queen Victoria of England made popular the "Balmoral boot," which was made for women.
- Some boots have spats, or gaiters, to help keep the water out. We like to call them rain boots.
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