The South Rim Loop Trail at
Franklin State Forest Park is made up of sections of at least 4 trails, Outer
Rim, Eastern Rim, Western Rim and South Rim.
If you pull up each individual trail map, you will find that upon scrutiny,
they don't exactly align. Hiking in this
park and the trails listed, probably shouldn't be attempted without downloading
the trail maps using AllTrails or using a GPS system. The first part of our hike on the western
south-bound side of the trail was arduous at best. The trail was rough and poorly marked. If you were to travel on this trail and it
had rained within the past 24 hours, I think you would be in for a very muddy
and harder than usual trip. This part of
our trip was poorly blazed and easy to stray off trail on. The other side of the loop was much better
hiking. The trail was better blazed and
was in much nicer condition. We made our
way to East Rim Overlook and on the way stopped and had our snacks on a Mother
Nature provided seat – a long tree trunk that appeared to be made for such an occasion. We left
the overlook and headed westward back to the parking area and I suspect South Rim
Trailhead – though it was never listed anywhere as such. For future reference, this parking area has
an abandoned fire tower located adjacent to it.
If you would like to see a few pictures taken during this hike, click here.
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