Sunday, October 2, 2016
County Road 44-H and the Greer Road North trail

(notes for the local forest service office) These items of note: 1) Defacement - spray paint / hammer head with trees at eastern trailhead campsite 2) ?Illegal? trail closure / gate 3) Mattress at western trailhead

Defacement This is at the first campsite at the east entrance of Greer Road North - FR154

Green circle shows the hammer head - see next photo

A hammer head embedded into the tree

The defaced campsite behind me, looking across the creek to the parking area at the trailhead.

At the parking area at the trailhead.

Illegal trail gate This looks like an illegal gate on FR 154. The trail does dead end 1/4 mile ahead at private property. I assume the property owner doesn't want people getting to the end of the trail where it is on public property. I feel it should be removed.

Location of the impromtu gate.

Mattress About a quarter mile from the western trailhead I noted a large mattress trailside. I figured I'd transport it to the trailhead so that it could be easily removed.

Where I left the mattress - trailhead of FR407 and CR 44H