Wilderness Trails at Pinnacle Park

Next time I'll go in the morning! Late May after 3pm isn't a good time to hike this trail when you're 64y old. I'm in good shape, but the cool morning air makes it much more pleasant than late afternoon when it's kinda warm. I walked up the wide rocky trail & I sure won't try it again without a walking stick! I got about half way & realized my mistake.

Great destination! Enjoyed the open trail and peaceful outdoor atmosphere.

Nice size parking lot to start , no fee but they do take donations to help the park. This is a hard hike , I used AllTrails to navigate , but truthfully the trail is well maintained and well marked. Now back to this “hard” trail, it is indeed . I went to the left and started my ascent and it is nothing but up , every now and then about twenty feet of level then back up . At the two mile mark you come to the side trail to go out to Pinnacle mtn, the peak . I highly encourage it as it was a welcome break from the hike up. The views are spectacular when you get to the end of that side trail(1.7 miles one way ) so that is 3.4 miles of the 8 mile hike . Once you are back to the main trail it is back up again. Eventall6 it levels out and then the descent . That was hard on the knees ,and required some climbing or large step downs. The trail down is narrow in places. I think next time I do this hike I’ll go right and hike that way first as I’d rather climb some of those obstacles and narrow trail then come down when my knees are screaming lol This is a great trail , great calorie burner and I will be back. On the way up I did hike along the water and you see a good bit going up that way . Wear your hiking shoes and enjoy the views and being out in nature

This is a gorgeous walk, if you want to follow flowing water, for maybe a quarter mile, and I have returned for that. I can't read the map at the parking lot. Where does it start? There were a few signs, and then they switched to color coding, without a key. Most of the signs I saw aren't on the map. I had to turn back, after the "Bridge 4" sign. Perhaps it'll get fixed as storm recovery continues.

This was a very challenging hike, but the views at the top were fantastic. Make sure you take the small path to the left when you think the trail ends to get out to the Pinnacle and the views.