Hiked the Quarry Trail, about a 2-mile loop that features the area’s history as a sandstone quarry back into the 1800s.To do this, pick up a brochure at the park office. It has summaries that correspond to marked points on the trail. Park at the picnic grounds lot and you can go right to the trail.
We started out at the boat landing instead and followed the river for several hundred yards, which gave us more scenic views and the opportunity to do a little scrambling on the sandstone formations.
Where the Quarry Trail turns around, there is the option to go out another quarter-mile to Hell’s Gate, a narrow passageway and rapids that caused many logjams back in the days of logging.
We only had time for this trail, but had a gorgeous sunny fall day – not too hot, not too cool, no bugs, no worries. (That comes when it’s back to work.)
Banning has more to offer, including a bat cave. The office worker said it was closed off at the time and recommended a return trip another time. Sounds like a deal.
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