Wednesday Walk at Little Gunpowder Falls ~ Central Area

Can you guess where we are going today? I sure hope so since it is in the title of my post...lol!

I did another walk at Little Gunpowder Falls in the Central Area that is located in Kingsville, Maryland. One side of the water is in Baltimore County and the opposite side is in Harford County. My short walk is on the Baltimore County side. To get to the Harford County side from this spot we would have to walk onto Belair Road to cross the bridge. There are no cars in my photo but trust me they whiz by pretty fast and there is no sidewalk so we chose to stay on the Baltimore County side.

I mentioned that it was a short walk but don't let that fool you as I got plenty of photos so you may want to grab a cup of coffee and "sit a spell". I'll also be showing you a little bit of artwork along the way as well!

This is where I found some colorful artwork. I think most of it had a cute aspect to it.

Hmmm...notice there is no artwork on the opposite side. I'm sure that the fact that there is no walkway on that side makes all the difference.😉

This next piece of artwork was my absolute favorite! I'm sure you can guess why too!! It really speaks to me...hee hee!

Okay! On with our walk!

We started out early to try to beat the heat but the sun was out bright and early too which was part of the reason we decided to keep our walk short. Hope you don't mind that I added a little "flare" to my post?!

The Daylilies were in bloom and we came across several groups of plantings along the way.

I saw some interesting trees and it's always a joy to see the water of the Gunpowder Falls.

Luckily, there was a lot of shady spots along this trail. It was still quite hot though.

I saw some amazing areas of ferns. They look just as nice in both sun and shade!

There were also several flowers in bloom in addition to the Daylilies. I saw Coneheads, Crown Vetch, Clover and some gorgeous Queen Anne's Lace aka Wild Carrot.

I even found a few mushrooms along the way!

There are some lovely views of the water all along this trail and you can't really go wrong if you go on a walk here as it is a pretty nice trail with lots to see. If you go in far enough it does tend to get more difficult but the beauty of that is you can just turn around if it gets too difficult or...uhm...too hot!

The water was so clear in some spots that you could see the gravely and sandy bottom.

On our way back it was interesting to see the views from the opposite direction.

I also spotted something up ahead closer to the bridge. I caught a flutter on the leaves and hoped to get a closer look.

I did get a few closer shots of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies before another walker came out from under the bridge and they flew off.

Last water view from under the bridge.

My very last photo is to show the red raspberries that were ripe near the parking area. Yep, I picked a couple and ate them. A moment of "living on the edge" here!😀

Thank you @tattoodjay for #wednesdaywalk!!