スコット郡の湖・トップ5

Sweetbrier湖の釣り桟橋。小さくて静かな湖には、複数の釣り人が楽しめる十分なスペースがあります。

Neat park, this section of the park has a lot of picnic tables and views of the lake, compared to the other side is mostly trails in the woods. Nice places to sit and look at the lake.

Located on Homestead Trail, atop a gentle knoll beneath a grove of bur oaks and overlooking a small lake, this traditional-style bench with a backrest provides more comfortable seating than the sitting rocks elsewhere in the park.

There are three Komoot highlights called “rocks to sit on” in Doyle Kennefick Regional Park. Feeling a bit sorry for these highlights with such a plain name, I let my imagination wander as I gazed at and sat on them. Because each of these highlights is situated at an elevation in an open area, I compared them to small versions of the Neolithic henges scattered across the British Isles. The idea of Neolithic henges naturally made me think of Stonehenge, which then reminded me of a scene from Thomas Hardy’s novel *Tess of the D’Urbervilles*, which I read in high school. The protagonist, Tess, is fleeing the law across the barren Salisbury Plain. She stumbles upon the massive stones of Stonehenge and, exhausted, lies down on a large, flat stone to sleep, only to wake up in the morning surrounded by police. Now, back to reality, the stones of Doyle and Kennefick are not large enough to lie on for a nap, but given their placement in an open area, they offer a peaceful view of the surrounding parklands. What thoughts come to your mind as you look upon these curious rocks arranged in a row?

Located on the north shore of Spring Lake, the south entrance to Spring Lake Regional Park offers ample parking, small-boat access to the lake, and plenty of picnic sites.

You can launch a carried boat here, and on the East side of the lake is the big boat launch. On the north side of the lake is a small boat launch. I have used this one for launching my paddleboard, nice to not have to fight with the trucks and trailers.

Users should know that while this dock can be used for boat landing, the nearest public boat launch is on the opposite side of the lake. If one wanted to launch a boat from here, they would need to park in the nearest parking lot in the park and then transport their watercraft 325 yards along a paved trail.

Just marking one of the landmarks of the park