Southeastern Outings Weekday Hike on the Cosby Lake Trail, Clay, Alabama

We will loop around the lake on three trails: the Lake Trail, the Girls School Trail and the Falls Trail. As the loop is only about 2 miles long, many of us will do the circuit twice. Near the beginning of the loop there are 3 short uphill sections that will get our temperature and heart rate up, but the rest of the circuit is flat. Expect to see wetlands, mountainside hardwood forests and pine forest below the lake.

Note-To view photos of what we will see on this trip, please click on this link:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/JyrBuzsUvmTgWuvu6

Please be sure to click on the link and view the photographs.

Please bring your picnic lunch and  drink with you.  There is no charge for admission to the park.

Meet 10:00 a.m. at the Cosby Lake second parking lot next to the restrooms.  We plan to depart from there at 10:15 a.m.

Information and Trip Leader: Francis Rushton, 205-290-2903home,

843-441- 3368 cell.

DIRECTIONS TO MEETING PLACE–6255 Old Springville Rd, Clay, AL

Head north on I-59 towards Trussville.  Take Exit 141 turning left onto Chalkville Mountain Road.  Continue 1.9 miles on Chalkville Mountain Road.  Take a very sharp right turn onto Old Springville Rd.  Continue 2.5 miles on Old Springville Rd. to Cosby Lake Park on the right.  There are 3 parking areas along Old Springville Rd. We will meet in the second parking area in front of the rest rooms.

DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHEASTERN OUTINGS

Do you wish you had friends who share your active lifestyle and enjoyment of outdoor activities?  Then become active with Southeastern Outings (SEO), a nonprofit organization committed and created to serve people who enjoy being active in the outdoors.  The organization plans, organizes and leads outings such as dayhikes, easy kayak and canoe trips, stream and waterfall walks, bicycle rides, lake events and other fun activities to beautiful sites in our natural environment.  From time to time we also sponsor potluck suppers and other socials.  All events and activities of the group are open to the public.  Participating in SEO activities is a splendid, simple way to make congenial new friends who enjoy the outdoors.

NO DOGS OR SMOKING ALLOWED, PLEASE, ON ANY SOUTHEASTERN OUTINGS EVENTS.

The organization currently has about 300 members.  We scheduled seventy-four events during calendar year 2020 for an average of 6 fun events per month.  We enjoy the outdoors in all seasons throughout the year.

SEO does not charge for participation in any of its outings.  You do not have to be a member to participate in one or two SEO activities.  Dues are only $10.  Please contact Dan Frederick, President, 205-631-4680, or seoutings@bellsouth.net for more information and to obtain three free monthly newsletters with membership application and a complete description of all our outdoor events.

Southeastern Outings now has a website.  Just go to seoutings.org to find announcements of all our upcoming outings scheduled plus some brief, general information about Southeastern Outings, a membership application and 1500 lovely photographs from most of our outings.

Thank you.