The Kettle Valley Railway (trail) heads up along the eastern shore of Okanagan Lake toward the village of Naramata and beyond. Climbing steadily, but never steeply, it takes you ever higher, until the views of the lake, vineyards, and orchards look increasingly as they do to the many eagles that fish the blue waters below.
mixed (note: the writer chose to do the route in sections.)
Distance
150 miles
Duration
Walker's Choice. Epic, or just a day trip.
Difficulty
easy
“But it is so flat” is the usual response that I get when I suggest walking in the Midwest. The response is even more incredulous when I suggest that there is great hiking to be found within the Chicagoland area. No one believes that there are any decent hiking trails close to such a major city. But there are!
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What could be wrong with a forty-six mile trip on a rail trail running parallel to the moss draped, orchid festooned Withlacoochee River. Walk it, paddle it, bike it, wheelchair it...your pick. Stay in funky Old Florida towns like Citrus Springs, Floral City, Istachatta, and Trilby, eat at....
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Just under 30 miles, (or 20 miles if you take the train partway)
Duration
Three Days, two nights
Difficulty
Easy to moderate (second day was 14 miles)
Highlights
Small towns, historic inns, great food and drink
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It's easy to travel inn to inn along Fairfield County's trails and mainstreets. This walk, from the Silvermine Tavern in Norwalk, to Ridgefield's Stonehenge Inn crosses into New York state for a stretch. Though it was late fall when Anne Lutz Fernandez (author of the recently published book Carjacked, The Culture of the Automobile and its Effect on our Lives) trekked the twenty-something miles from inn to inn and back, this is an ideal walk for (almost) any season. And it's a cinch to hop on the train if you only want to walk in one direction.
