{"id":7662,"date":"2005-09-12T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-12T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/12\/inwood-hiking-trails\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:33:39","slug":"inwood-hiking-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/12\/inwood-hiking-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"Inwood Hiking Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1612-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1612-scaled.jpg\" border=0 height=480 width=640><\/a><br \/>Click for more&#8230;<\/center><\/p>\n<p>In one of my usual fits of wanderlust, I decided to head out to the Inwood Hiking Trails and do some wandering. So I swung by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmyjohns.com\">Jimmy John&#8217;s<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=42.668584,-82.993501&#038;spn=0.003567,0.007522&#038;t=k&#038;hl=en\">23 Mile and Schoenherr<\/a> and grabbed a veggie sub (no mayo, of course), swung by a party store and grabbed a bottle of water, then I headed up to the park. While I haven&#8217;t calculated the whole route yet, I&#8217;m estimating that I walked somewhere around five miles of slightly hilly trails ranging from gravel to through-the-woods.<\/p>\n<p>There are a bunch more pictures here <em>(photo gallery retired)<\/em> if anyone is interested in seeing them. Here&#8217;s what are, in my opinion, some of the more notable photos:<\/p>\n<p>&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1602-scaled.jpg\">A typical trail through the more wooded areas of the park.<\/a><br \/>\n&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1604-scaled.jpg\">Quite a bit of the path runs along these power lines.<\/a><br \/>\n&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1607-scaled.jpg\">I&#8217;ve had this backpack since high school. It&#8217;s traveled most places I&#8217;ve gone. And it still makes a good day pack.<\/a><br \/>\n&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1609-scaled.jpg\">The mosquito-filled Inwood Lake.<\/a><br \/>\n&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1620-scaled.jpg\">A sign that has been quite shot up by&#8230; someone.<\/a><br \/>\n&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1622-scaled.jpg\">The source of a low, distant noise throughout the park. It appears to be a generator running a pump of some sort.<\/a><br \/>\n&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1626-scaled.jpg\">Towards the end of the day I noticed a hot air balloon floating above.<\/a><br \/>\n&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1628-scaled.jpg\">The moon was alos out and looking quite nice.<\/a><br \/>\n&middot; Along the way I found some piles of bones: <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1631-scaled.jpg\">1<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1632-scaled.jpg\">2<br \/>\n&middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCN1637-scaled.jpg\">The shadows were getting long, so it was time to leave. My camera battery also ran out right after I took this shot.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, also, my manager doesn&#8217;t seem too happy with my taking 2.5 weeks off of work in one go. We&#8217;ll see, though&#8230; She still hasn&#8217;t said no yet. I&#8217;m also looking up heading to the UK at this time, as the airfare would be $450 for non-stop DTW->LGW then LGW->DTW via Northwest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click for more&#8230; In one of my usual fits of wanderlust, I decided to head out to the Inwood Hiking Trails and do some wandering. 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