Pilot Trail — I’ve taken pictures here before, but each time the light, the vegetation and the trail are different.
Pilot Trail
Here’s where I leave the Pilot Trail — Everything has gone green in the last few weeks. This is the point where the forest road I take to my ‘Deep Hollow’ campsite joins the Pilot Trail. Neither are that obvious from this viewpoint.
April 28, 2023 18:02
Trailside curiosities: ATV Tracks and a marker sign has been attached to a new tree. +1
April 28, 2023 15:44
Dusk at Hercules Glades Wilderness and some Shenanigans on the trail — On the Pilot (Tower) Trail at Hercules Glades Wilderness. Definitely time to turn on my headlamp. No more pictures, because — darkness — but my night hike was not without incident, and you’ll have to read the full post to find out what happened. 10-minute read.
February 11, 2023 18:23
Sunset Glow — On the Pilot (Tower) Trail at Hercules Glades Wilderness. I’m going to have to turn on my headlamp soon.
February 11, 2023 18:11
Sunset on the trail — Five minutes into my hike and the sun has almost dropped below the horizon.
February 11, 2023 17:36
Hercules Glades Wilderness. Pilot Trail, Around a quarter mile east of Lower Pilot Knob. And some end of trip notes. Two-minute read
August 22, 2022 11:50
On the Pilot (Tower) Trail to the north of the Lower Pilot Knob. Cheesy grin indeed. What I didn’t realize then was that in a couple of hundred yards I’d walk straight past the old forest road I take to get to my ‘Deep Hollow’ campsite. I obviously realized my hat was in need of some TLC. It’s looking a whole lot better now. Two-minute read
February 20, 2022 16:42
Distant Hills – The view to the northeast from the Pilot (Tower) Trail, near Lower Pilot Knob.
February 20, 2022 16:21
On The Devil’s Den East/Glades (Upper Pilot) Trail – The fall light is wonderful. However, I need a blaze orange cap or a blaze orange hatband, because the low angle of the light makes it impossible to see where I’m going at times. Plus, a bonus stereo image version! 2
November 16, 2021 11:36
View to the southeast from the Pilot Trail, and the hike out.
June 6, 2021 15:11
Ginger disappearing around a corner on the Pilot (Tower) Trail
June 6, 2021 13:53
Flowering Prickly Pear Cactus. +1
June 4, 2021 17:14
Unexpected ice – there was a lot more ice on the trail than I expected. Hercules Glades – Day One. +1
December 26, 2020 12:23
The gate at the end of the trail – It’s exactly what I imagined, but still a bit of a letdown. No pot of gold or welcoming streamers. I can, at least, say I’ve hiked the entire length of the Pilot (Tower) Trail now. 2 pictures
October 24, 2020 13:04
Fall at the far end of the Pilot Trail – On a whim, I changed my plans and decided to venture into uncharted territory and hike down to the end of the trail. One-minute read, 2 pictures
October 24, 2020 12:47
Gary at the junction of the Pilot and Devil’s Den West Trails – I encountered the second and last person I met during my three-day sojourn at Hercules Glades, here at the junction of the Pilot and Devil’s Den West trails. One-minute read
October 24, 2020 11:59
Fall color on the Pilot Trail – It’s Friday, it’s two-thirty in the afternoon, and I’m giving myself a well-earned break out in nature. Two-minute read, 2 pictures
October 23, 2020 14:38
Oh look, it’s me at a trailhead. There’s a surprise – Gary at the Pilot Trail trailhead at Hercules Glades. One-minute read
May 29, 2020 16:56
Heading east on the Pilot Trail at Hercules Glades Wilderness – In modern parlance that would be the Tower Trail.
April 25, 2020 14:58
Indian paintbrush – Castilleja, commonly known as Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire. 2 pictures
April 25, 2020 14:46
Pilot (Tower) Trail.
April 25, 2020 12:57
Gary, happy on the trail – Note the amount of water on the trail in the background. It was yet another wet feet hike. 2 pictures
April 24, 2020 17:14
More wet trails – In places it was ankle deep.