The view as one enters Oatka Creek Park on Quaker Road.
A left turn at the yellow gate gets you to the park lodge which was originally the only significant development in the park.
The natural beauty of this park is the limited development consisting of the lodge and surrounding mowed lawn where picnicking activities, frisbee tossing, and other disorganized games are often played. This is what a real nature park is about...nothing scheduled and bussed in routinely but a great place to enjoy the natural surroundings with some limited amenities.
Other limited development in the park consists of some mowed trails in places where navigation would be difficult unless the mower made the occasional pass to limit growth.
The most beautiful trails are those which stay open strictly from human traffic which maintains their natural appearance and which often are not easily detected during the height of the growing season. Walking along some creek paths is like an experience in the jungle at times if one goes there in mid-August.
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