Lorain County Highpoint Trip Report

Date: May 18, 2002
Author: Bob Packard

I did this a lot differently than Mike Schwartz did. Parked in the driveway to nowhere as Mike did.

Walked east over area #4 and KEPT GOING. Once in the woods I saw that the county line was marked in 4 ways. ATV tracks follow it as close as possible, posted signs, orange blazes and, most importantly, old wire mesh fence sometimes matted into the undergrowth, a few heavily rusted metal stakes here and there. This took me past small dammed pond to the north and over to area #5.

ATV tracks, signs and blazes stopped, but the wire mesh kept going. This took me over to area #6 and beyond to the larger dammed pond Mike mentions. No north-south bushwhacks necessary.

Back to my truck I hiked west along a hedgerow and the county line to area #3 and KEPT GOING. It was not too hard to figure out where the county line was going as field-woods interfaces. I also found short sections of that fence.

Got to areas # 2 and #1 and kept going, coming out right at the county line post on Clark Road.

Walked roads back to my truck.