Last semester I went to the Red Rocks Park in Shelburne, which was super beautiful but with the snow and how far it is I decided to move a little closer- Centennial Woods. I picked a spot I always go to when I go for a little walk or a hike, it’s super close to the entrance, but it feels so hidden and private. To get there you should enter the forest like we normally would (NOT the parking lot entrance, the road one) and turn right onto the steep trail down when you see a “Caution: poison ivy” sign.
I’ll attach some pictures of the spot, the way it looks in the winter is so much different from what it looks like when it’s green and fluffy, but it’s beautiful in either state! It’s a little “peninsula” surrounded by the stream, which makes it a dead end, but it is really nice and peaceful there. The soil is constantly wet, and water moves along the banks constantly so it’s a little eroded there. From memory, I think there were a few crabapple trees and buckthorns around.
