Patriots' Path on the Columbia Trail
Today I went on a hike from The Columbia Trail to Tanner's Brook Road. Patriots' Path comes out of Schooleys Mountain Park and goes across Fairview Avenue and to the Columbia Trail. It then turns left onto the Columbia Trail and heads to Naughtright Road, then to Elizabeth Lane. Shortly after crossing Elizabeth Lane, PP blazes tell you to turn right off the trail through woods to Bartley Road. Then we crossed Bartley Road and followed the blazes to Palmer Park. The blazes head into the Park all the way into the back where it turns off onto a golf course road. There are no PP blazes from here to the deer hunting trail. By turning onto a dirt golf path, then right onto a gravel one, we found ourselves back at a PP blaze heading onto a grass path. The next PP blaze is in the woods to the right of the path where a white blazed hunting trail begins. You follow the hunting trail up a hill. the trail splits many times, just have to follow the PP medallions. It then goes down a hill to another split, then PP leaves the hunting trail, though still on a non-blazed hunting access trail. It then meanders through swamp and woods to Tanner's Brook Road. The Columbia Trail is a beautiful all-purpose trail, and the hunting trail is not bad for hiking. Hike is 3 out of 5 stars.