Nice bit of wilderness in the city

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User: rodavenport - 4/20/2010

Location: Friedrich Wilderness Park

Rating: 3stars
Difficulty: 3stars  Solitude: 1star
Miles Hiked: 5.30 Miles  Elapsed Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Comments:

Nice little piece of wilderness. Its a shame that more of it couldn't have been rescued from the developers. Really noisy however due to plane traffic , automotive traffice to the east and barking dogs from the residental neighborhood on the north side. I was surprised at the number of people in the more rugged portions of the trail.

Its a nice bit of hiking and it has a few spots in it that will make your legs burn. The lack of solitude is a real turn off for me however.



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