Canyon Ridge Trail | Ghosts From The Past 

This is an exercise hike I did with my fully loaded backpack in spring 2023.
The Canyon Ridge Trail is a 6 mile out-and-back trail located at the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge.
In the 1930's the Civilian Conservation Corps chose this area to construct one of its camps, CCC Camp No. 1816. It was tasked with developing the land into Texas State Park No. 31. About 200 members and staff of CCC Camp No.1816 were located south of the Nature Center across the Jacksboro Highway (Tx 199) on the shore of Lake Worth near Sunset Park. Work started on May 3, 1934 and lasted into 1938. Its projects, planned and supervised by the National Park Service, included roads, bridges, bridle paths, nature trails, picnic areas and stone shelter houses. While a state park did not materialize, hikers can still find ample evidence of the CCC's contributions. The remnants of rock shelters can be found at Lone Point, Rest-A-while, and Broadview. Hikers can also see remnants of the CCC’s concrete and stone picnic tables and restroom facilities on the Canyon Ridge trail and at Broadview. The rock steps of the Caprock and Canyon Ridge trails are still solidly in place.
The Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge, created in 1964, is a nature center located between Lakeside and Lake Worth, Texas within the Fort Worth city limits. It consists of prairies, forests, and wetlands. The nature center offers a glimpse of what the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex looked like before settlement. FWNC&R covers 3,621 acres and includes over 20 miles of hiking trails. It is one of the largest city-owned nature centers in the United States.
Read more about the Nature Center & Refuge at: naturecenterfriends.org/about...
CCC monument at the Nature Center & Refuge: ccclegacy.org/Chapter_123.html
Leave No Trace: lnt.org/why/7-principles/
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