Gold Creek County Park — Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2021

This park is a real gem! I live 6 min away and I'm embarrassed to say that I just discovered this park because of WTA.  I hiked this with my 80 yr-old mother and we both loved it.  The trails are almost entirely under trees, so it stays cooler/shady in warm/sunny weather.  As previous posters have mentioned the stinging nettle is continuing to grow so I would suggest that you know what it looks like in order to avoid it.  A local that we bumped into was planning on weed-wacking some of it, so that would be awesome!  These trails are also definitely hilly - Apple Fitness tells me that I had an elevation gain of 318 ft over a distance of 1.6 miles. I love to look at maps of the trails I am planning on doing, and unfortunately I could not find any maps to print out or download.  There is a map on a big sign at the trailhead, but it is difficult to read in the sunlight.  I photographed it with my phone so I would have some idea of where I was going, but the trails or loops are not named and there are no signs on the trails. So we ended up taking a left when I had actually wanted to go right, so we didn't do the full outer loop as we had intended.  Regardless, the park and trails are lovely!