Hoggard Trail Walking Tour October 23

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(Chillicothe) – A walking tour of the Hoggard Trail inside Buzzard’s Roost Preserve, will be offered by local historian Kevin Coleman.

The tour will be 2pm-4pm Sunday, October 23rd, for a walking tour of the last 330 million years of pre/history as falling leaves color features of the rugged terrain and abandoned farms atop sandstone hilltops and shale slopes.  

It will be $10 for adults, $5 for students, and $15 for families (three or more family members with children). Pay “at the door” at the with cash or check. Park where you can and gather at the start of the Hoggard Trail at the gate to Buzzard’s Roost.  

The Hoggard Trail in Ross County’s Buzzard’s Roost Preserve has both natural and historical scenery.  In the forest are remnants of 200 years of human alterations: a public road, house ruins, mico-quarries, pine plantations, a graveyard…and periwinkle, which do not originally plant itself.  

Message Kevin Coleman through FB, email ihs@horizonview.net, or call (740) 775-4036.  You can also call or text his cell phone close to tour time at (740) 771-8574.

The practical limit on the tour is about 20 people as they walk to the Hoggard Cemetery and back.

First come first served, and reservations are not required – but you can contact Coleman to be at the top of the attendance list and so I can let you know if plans change. 

Dress for the weather and outdoor conditions on level to rolling earthen trails in woodland.  And, your health is your responsibility!

If it’s too rainy to go without an umbrella or too cold for a medium jacket, will notify all who have made a reservation of cancellation.  There is no weather date.