This trail sprawls through the middle of town with no
specific starting or ending point. According to the most recent map I could
find there is no complete loop. Since covering the whole trail would take much
more than 30 minutes, I will break this walk down into sections of 15 minutes
in one direction and then backtracking to the car. There is an open end in the
trail located at the back of the McDonald’s parking lot on Peoria Street which
I will use as the beginning point. Each new walk on this trail will pick up at the turnaround
point of my last walk. The trail is paved and marked with white stripes in the
center to create lanes for cyclists. Just follow the trail and you immediately
cross Eagle Ave and walk between the baseball fields of Central Primary School
on your left and farmland on your right. You can see Washington Street just
past the farmland. The trail then turns to the left and takes you behind Five Points
Washington. According to the map you could continue straight (instead of
turning left) into the Five Points parking lot and pick up the right portion of
the trail. I will save that portion for when the left side is completed. The
trail takes you up to Newcastle where you turn left towards Dallas Rd. The
pavement ends at Dallas Rd but according to the map and signs you turn right on
Dallas and walk for about 1 minute and turn left where the pavement begins
again just across from Royal Ct. At this point I’ve been walking for about 15
minutes so I turn around and head back to the car. There is little or no shade
on this walk and you are in the middle of town and visible. As I said before it
is all paved and level with no obstacles. I parked in the lot next to McDonald's
as it seemed to be for the public.
DIRECTIONS FROM THE SQUARE: West on Peoria Street about 1
mile. Turn right just past the McDonald’s entrance.
DRIVE TIME: Less than 5minutes
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