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| Armadillo along the Backcountry Trail |
Gathering trail information is going to be harder than I thought. There is not much information about the Ohio To Erie Trail. The Ohio To Erie Trail Fund runs a web site at www.ohiotoerietrail.org but it lacks information for trail users. I made some telephone calls and sent some emails but came up short handed on trail info. Nobody knows how long the route is. There is estimate is 300-325 miles. There is no mileage chart of the trail. The Ohio To Erie Trail web site has downloadable PDF maps but they do not contain a scale. It is hard to use maps without a scale and nobody at the Fund can tell me if the maps are still accurate. New sections are constantly being added to the trail so I suspect some of the maps are out of date. I did not even bother to inquire about camping spots, lodging options and resupply points.
I will need to construct my own mileage chart by visiting the web sites of all the land managers and piecing the information together from various sources.
It will either be a frustrating experience or liberating experience to do a long distance hike and not follow trail markers, have a map or know how far I am hiking. We shall see.
