steve hiker
2003-01-16, 01:03
Went hiking last weekend in Homochitto National Forest, between McComb and Natchez. This time I bushwacked, following a creek (Clear Creek?) for a good ways. Was a good hike; weather in the 40s, overcast, and it started to sleet in the afternoon! (It's a real treat when we get any type of frozen precip down here).
The problem with trails in Homochitto is that there are so many that criss-cross and they're all blazed -- with the same white symbols, at that. The first time I hiked there a couple years ago, I thought I was following the Clear Creek Trail that's on the Forest Service map and local signs. Until I started to head back, when I noticed all these forks in the trail and both had blazes. Fortunately I found my way back that day.
Homochitto is a real nice area. It's actually hilly, by south Mississippi standards. If you didn't know better you might think you were in Arkansas, on a smaller scale. And not very crowded either. Just watch out for the hunters in shooting season.
The problem with trails in Homochitto is that there are so many that criss-cross and they're all blazed -- with the same white symbols, at that. The first time I hiked there a couple years ago, I thought I was following the Clear Creek Trail that's on the Forest Service map and local signs. Until I started to head back, when I noticed all these forks in the trail and both had blazes. Fortunately I found my way back that day.
Homochitto is a real nice area. It's actually hilly, by south Mississippi standards. If you didn't know better you might think you were in Arkansas, on a smaller scale. And not very crowded either. Just watch out for the hunters in shooting season.