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Belle Valley Section
- (1/2/06) The latest map for the Belle Valley Section was published in December 2005.
Trail Alert
- (6/13/11)
This alert affects Belle Valley Section published in December 2005. At the end of Point 27, the trail has been rerouted around a pasture within the AEP ReCreation Area. The route was changed because the pasture is enclosed within an electrified fence. The change also affects the way in which the trail approaches Point 28. The text from both points in their altered form is presented below.
Although the change actually increased the length of the trail here by slightly over 1100’, other minor changes throughout the section cover up this fact. Because the reroute is so minor, no map accompanies the alert. The overall length of trail within the section is now 58.0 miles.
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50.8
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7.2
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27. |
C-20 at T-40 in Hoskinsville
Ragan's Chapel, located on knoll above NE
corner of intersection, is the site of the 1863 Hoskinsville Rebellion that was started by a deserter from the Union Army, John Wesley McFerren. McFerren died October 30, 1909, and was buried in the church yard at Hoskinsville, where a G. A. R. flag flutters over his grave.
BT continues W on C-20. In 4900', as C-20 turns NW, BT leaves C-20 onto footpath that climbs rather steeply at first into woods in property owned by American Electric Power (AEP). AEP requires that all users have a free permit in their possession when on their property. A permit can be obtained from most local sporting goods store or on-line at http://www.aep.com/environmental/
recreation/recland/permit.aspx BT meanders and undulates over a ridge on a combination of new trail and old service routes through both mined and unmined lands.
After 6500’, BT emerges onto a mowed path that heads N just outside of electrified fence. After 510' at gated entrance to pasture, BT joins service road heading N. After 940', service road ends and BT joins haul road that it follows SW another 960’.
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53.5
W |
4.5
E |
28. |
Haul Road at BTA Post and Mowed Path
As the Haul Road continues SW, BT heads W past BTA Post on mowed path into grasslands that has been planted to pine and ash trees. BT crosses creek and begins ascent through similar habitat. In about 4000’, BT reaches road (C-11).
BT continues across road NW into narrow wooded area but soon enters early succession opening. BT turns W with views over reclaimed mining property. The trail continues a similar progression as it meanders around a reclaimed hollow with views from both gas and electric utility lines.
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End of Trail Alert
The Belle Valley section is a mostly hilly, completely rural portion of the
BT that runs through Guernsey and Noble Counties in southeast Ohio. The section
runs from Winterset to the America Electric Power Recreation Lands. The trail
here is mostly on rarely traveled dirt roads, with off-road portions located
at Salt Fork Wildlife Area, Seneca Lake (the southernmost
of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy
District Lakes), Wolf Run State
Park and America Electric Power Recreation Lands. The trail passes through
the villages of Old Washington, where the trail crosses I-70, and Belle Valley,
where it crosses I-77, and Hoskinsville.
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Last updated: June 20, 2011
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