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The Richard McDowell Trail
September 24, 2007
The Richard E. McDowell Trail is a great choice for a morning run or a leisurely stroll. Well maintained, level, and paved, it’s wheelchair accessible. It’s also great for small kids on bikes. The Tuna Valley Trails Association established and maintains this and other trails, with community volunteers supplying most of the labor.
The trail is currently a 1.5 mile section between the trailhead on Campus Drive, across from the softball fields, to Clark’s Lane. Future plans call for extending the trail from downtown Bradford to the Marilla Resevoir. Click here for a map.
There is also vehicle access via the parking lots behind Pitt-Bradford’s McDowell Sports Center or Blaisdell Performing Arts Center, and at Clark’s Lane.
The trail’s ponds and fields are teeming with a wide variety of wildlife and plant life. Running parallel to the West Branch of Tuna Creek, fishing is allowed but only with artificial lures.
This part of the creek has been cleaned up considerably and is now able to support a microcosm of organisms that will only live in the cleanest water, including trout.
The whole trail is picturesque, and it’s not uncommon to see sketch or watercolor artists in the sun by the big pond.
To see lots of photos and to get a good idea of what the trail is like you can visit Bradford-Online.com’s Photogallery.
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September 26th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Beautiful pictures! The color is spectacular!