Beazell Memorial County Forest

Only stop for potty, but always super clean. Beautiful area just to see

Miles of trails on this extensive plot. Very well managed area good for photography, ecology, nature, and history nerds.

Nice forest with well maintained trails and interpretive exhibits

This park includes a great hike up a trail called South Ridge and along Plunkett Creek. It is either a gradual climb starting from the left, going along the creek then up the South Ridge trail up to the meadow, or a relatively steep climb (670 ft in one mile to the top) then a gradual decent on the other side if you start off from the right trail. It is a loop of about 3 miles. A great quick hike. And beautiful too. The bathrooms were very clean and well kept. So appreciated that.

Beautiful area to hike! We took the creek hike that met up with the meadow hike, then also did the bird loop. The creek and meadow hikes have very tall grass and some incline, I’d say it’s an easy-intermediate hike depending on your fitness level. The creek hike was beautiful and green! The meadow hike was lovely and coniferous. The meadow hike was fairly steep on the way down. The bird loop was another meadow/prairie kind of hike and pretty short. All in all we hiked a little over 4 miles in 3 or 3.5 hours. Very clean bathrooms! It was a lovely place to hike on a Sunday. There are beautiful flowers, plants, trees, etc.nnNote: I had no service for a while on the way driving back out with Verizon, so keep that in mind if you rely on your phone to go back home (memorize the way back? Lol).