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NCNST through Kimball Pines
Here is a map or aerial image (your
choice!) showing the current track of the North Country
National Scenic Trail through the Kimball Pines County Park,
Emmett Township in
Calhoun County.
Note the following regarding this
map:
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The red
track shows the "official" routing of the North
Country National Scenic Trail through Kimball Pines and the roadwalk
connector Trail along Crosby Drive between Map Waypoint 8 and Wattles/9˝ Mile Road
(Map Waypoint 9). Between Waypoint 9 and Historic Bridge Park
(Map Waypoint 11) the Trail is a roadwalk on Wattles/9˝ Mile Road.
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The
magenta track shows a temporary reroute of the Trail in
the park bypassing the forest area between the trail kiosk and the railroad
track where numerous tall pines and other trees in the forest were
devastated by a wind storm on May 29, 2011. At the present time the
original Trail route through the west portion of the park is virtually
impassible.
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The
green track shows an alternative to most of the
road/street-walk between Kimball Pines and Historic Bridge Park.
The alternate route starts
at Map Waypoint 7 where the NCNST intersects with an unmarked footpath which can
be followed east and south to the railroad right-of-way. Although the
RR does not authorize hiking on RR property, it is possible to skirt the RR right-of-way southeast to Wattles/9˝ Mile Road
(Map Waypoint 10), then on Wattles/9˝ Mile Road a short distance south to the entrance to
Historic Bridge Park (Map Waypoint 11). The footpath is accessible to public use, although
it is not part of the NCNST.
By playing with the drop-down menus in the upper right corner of the map image
you can:
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tone down the background layer
to better visualize details on the ground, and
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select whether the background
layer is a Google™ street map, terrain map, a satellite image, or a USGS topo
map. Scroll the image to the right if necessary to activate the
background layer selection menu
You can also zoom in or out or drag
the image to change the center point. Zooming in, then click 'n dragging
the map in whichever direction you want, makes it easier to make sense of the
marked waypoints, which are a bit bunched together otherwise.
For full screen map:
Click here for
a full screen version of this map. Click on a yellow diamond for
information about the related waypoint. To locate a waypoint on the
map from the list on the right, click on the yellow diamond in the list.
To return to this page, click on your browser's "go back" button.
You can download a PDF
file of another version of this map to take with you on the Trail.
Click here
and print the page on your computer printer.
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