Road Fork Trail Alerts:

• (07/02/07) Within the Road Fork Section, a segment of useable trail was somehow "lost". Noticed first by Herb Hulls and Gary Williams when they blazed the route of the BT in 2005, the presence of the trail was confirmed recently by Andrew Bashaw, NCTA's Regional Trail Coordinator OH/PA. The trail has been added to the BT and will soon be certified NCT. The Lost Trail is located between Points 22 and 23 of the Road Fork Section. The distance between Points 22 and 23 shows no appreciable change.

  TRAIL DESCRIPTION: About 3600' after T-402 deadends into Rinard Mills Road, BT/NCT turns E through gate onto oil well service road. Very soon, trail turns S. In about 1100', the service road ends at a well head. The trail continues as a footpath and descends at first gradually but then more steeply through sandstone cliffs which offers interesting interpretations. Eventually, the trail fords a minor stream and reascends to join another service road that continues another 1400' to Rinard Mills Road at Point 23. Net elevation change: 0', Total ascent: 340'
  

The map that accompanies this Alert shows the Lost Trail as a red line. In addition, in Glass, the base map is changed slightly to clarify the relation of the two trails to Rinard Mills Road. Existing trail leaves Rinard Mills Road directly across from the Lost Trail. And this junction lies at the bend close to the set of road intersections in Glass.

End of Trail Alerts

Along with the Whipple Section, this section provides a link between the off-road trail in AEP Recreation Lands and North Country Trail in the Marietta Unit of Wayne National Forest. Although somewhat below average in off-road trail, this segment lies in very remote, wooded country of high ridges. Some of the roads are so little used that days may pass between vehicles. The trail leaves the Belle Valley Section in Belle Valley and heads east past Caldwell Lake, Fulda, Lamping Homestead and Ring Mill on the way to the Whipple Section at County Road Nine. (27% off-road trail)  

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