Date: 11/14/2020 – Distance: 0.9 mi – Elapsed Time: 0.5 hr – Ascent: 161 ft – Descent: 131 ft – Difficulty: Easy
Boord State Nature Preserve is a small preserve in Washington County northeast of Athens and features numerous wildflowers and a deep cut (80 feet) ravine, lined with Hemlock and a dramatic waterfall at it’s head. I hiked north from the small parking area on the one lane dirt road (Township Road 69) first into a white pine plantation. I was hiking along what seemed to be a basic preserve, when I encountered the ravine. Being a nature preserve, you should stay on trail, so I didn’t attempt to enter the ravine, but followed the trail along it’s southern rim. There are a few spots where you can peer through the Hemlock into the ravine and an observation deck where you can overlook the falls at the head of the ravine. A hunter I ran into(he said he had a permit), told me he saw a bobcat hunting a chipmunk earlier in the day in the ravine.
Waypoints:
- Parking – N39.39506° W81.74675°
- Waterfall – N39.39243° W81.74935°
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