Fred and I hiked from Haywood Landing to the culvert, crossing Long Point Rd along the way. That’s essentially 1.5 sections of the trail (about 5 miles/8 km); all unofficial, unmaintained parts of the Weetock. The Forestry Service only claims the first section of the trail. That’s the one that starts near HW58 on Long Point Rd and ends near Haywood Landing.
You can see from this photo of a bridge (above) on the section between Haywood Landing and Long Point Rd, that some aspects of the trail are in a serious state of disrepair. If it were up to me, I’d just remove the old, unstable bridge and route the trail across the marsh in the best way possible. Sometimes, you just have to get your feet wet.
This bridge (pictured above), on the other hand, is in pretty good shape; especially considering how old it is. There is another bridge that is in bad need of repair, close to Long Point Rd. That one crosses a rather deep ravine and would probably need to be replaced by volunteers at some point.
The weather was perfect for a hike. We started out in the daylight and hiked into darkness. Here is our track on a Google Satellite image.
