Walk along Baker River in Plymouth

[Mohamed Ellozy]

On Friday I started off exploring the Heritage Trail in Plymouth, then continued along a delightful woods trail that follows the south bank of the Baker River from Rt. 3 to the Hatch Plaza (Marshall's, Hannaford's). Here is a map showing the trail. I have written it up on my blog: Heritage Trail along Baker River in Plymouth, July 2, 2010.

An interesting sign entering Plymouth that I had never seen while driving:

It can make a nice 3 mile (round trip) walk before your grocery shopping if you live in the area!

 

[Paradox]

I have seen folks running along the Baker River in the area between Hatch Plaza and the high school and had wondered where the trail ultimately led. A few years ago I took my mountain bike from Rt 3 to Plymouth High School and found some cross country running trails in the area between Rt 3 and the high school.

Well done!

 

[Mohamed Ellozy]

Well kept secret

The whole area along the south bank of the Baker River seems to me to be a well kept secret.

The Heritage Trail is not so secret, but there is no mention of Langdon Park (it is shown on the map) or of the delightful walk along the river. As for the community gardens, not even Google has heard of them (Google knows all about the community gardens in Plymouth, MN ).

But somehow people know these things. On Friday I was passed by a runner on the trail, and on my way back I saw a family that had finished working their plot in the community garden and were headed into Langdon Park.

 

[Barkingcat]

Nice -- I think I'll need to check this out!

 

[Mohamed Ellozy]

A few years ago I took my mountain bike from Rt 3 to Plymouth High School and found some cross country running trails in the area between Rt 3 and the high school.

I had planned to hike today, but was still tired from Saturday's Lafayette hike, so I returned to the Baker River. There are several trails that go from the river to the high school, as well as two trails that together go round a tiny hill at the eastern end of the park.

I managed to spend 2½ hours exploring the area. This was fun, but I expect that I will use the main trail from Hatch Plaza to the community gardens when I just want a 3 mile walk before shopping

Google has recently updated the aerial photographs of the region, so zoom in to the area around the school to see their athletic fields in high def!

Updated map.

 

[TDawg]

I was just in there today for a swim with the girlfriend (f'in hot out), there is a decent place to take a dip maybe a quarter mile from the community garden. A path leads right at a field down to a small beach where the current on the opposite side of the river has made it maybe 10 feet deep. Cool floodplain woods down in there.

Speaking of floodplain woods, there is another place in Holderness to take an easy walk through a town conservation area. Right at the bridge on 175A is South River Street across from "The Overflow" restaurant, take the left to stay on S. River when it splits the parking is on the right at the dead end. Lots of flat trails out in there popular with mountain bikers, but the woods are lovely and there are some large sandy beaches to enjoy and cool oxbow lakes to explore.

If you liked Langdon Park along the Baker River, I'd would really recommend the woods off South River Street along the Pemi.

 

[grouseking]

I was down there a couple years ago during a Hydrology class learning about the flood plains and conducting an experiment on stream flow. It really is a nice area, glad you reminded me of it!! For whatever reason, I didn't go down there after that day.