South Shore Playground Parking Area to Burkett Park and Roadrunner Loop

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User: MikeHikes - 9/3/2020

Location: San Angelo State Park

Rating: 4stars
Difficulty: halfstar  Solitude: 5stars
Miles Hiked: 11.00 Miles  Elapsed Time: 4 hours, 30 minutes

Comments:

Leg 1 -  Playground parking area > Chaparral > Red Dam Loop > Chaparral > Winding Snake > Burkett Park    3.5 miles

Leg 2 -  Burkett Park > WS to LL Connector > Lanky Lackey > Nature Trail > Tasajilla Flats > Playground Parking Area   4.1 miles

Leg 3 - Playground parking area > Roadrunner Loop > Playground parking area    3.4 miles

Temp started at 69, ended at 86.  Sunny with haze caused by high humidity, light breeze.

Long and uneventful hike along trails that were dry, easy to see and traverse.  I saw numerous deer as well as the "usual suspects" in the bird viewing department.  The only things worth mentioning --  the sighting of a foot long Ring-Necked snake, the second of this year, and a male Vermillion Flycatcher.  Photos of the snake are of the "so what" type so I'm not bothering to post and the Vermillion Flycatcher was far away to the point the photos easily identified him but again only a "so what" photo. 

As mentioned in a prior hike report, even if the hike was uneventful, it was still much better than sitting at home and looking at a computer monitor or television screen!

NOTES

Water, shade, info kiosk, toilets and a bicycle repair station are available at the Playground parking area.

Water, shade, info kiosk and dry toilets available at Burkett Park.

Water and shade are available at numerous campsites along most of Roadrunner Loop.  Toilets and info kiosks are available at a few locations as well.

 



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