If you're looking for an escape in the upcoming weeks as midterms approach, I have a hike not too far away that is breathtaking. If anyone has heard of Zoar Valley, they can agree that its a really awesome place to hike and escape to. If you're like me right now, you're scrambling to apply to internships/jobs, totally immersed in Capstone, and still trying to enjoy your last semester at Fredonia with your friends. If you're looking for something different to get your mind off graduation and the fact that you haven't heard back from your internship applications, I suggest Zoar Valley! Take your friends, especially with how the weather has been lately with warm days, its not as unbearable to be outside anymore as Spring approaches!
Zoar Valley was suggested to me by a friend about a year ago. I'm not from around this area, so I was looking for a good hiking trail to explore and get outdoors. Since then, I have been back four or five times and the hike never gets old--there's always something new I find or a new area to explore. Zoar Valley is about 45 minutes away from Fredonia and consists of a hike that leads into a valley with steep walls along the sides with multiple streams and a creek that runs through the middle. It's about a 3 miles round-trip so its not very far from parking, but the whole valley is about 7 miles long so there is plenty of trails to explore. In the Spring and Summer, you can wade through the water and swim. You have to be careful with the current if the water is high though-- it can be pretty strong. But when it's calm, it's cool to wade and explore the gorge with no shoes in the Spring sunshine. So if you feel stuffy or restless in the upcoming weeks, mapquest Zoar and go for a hike! The fresh air is perfect and you can get some exercise-- I suggest bringing sneakers/shoes that you don't mind getting dirty. It'll be pretty muddy this time of year and the rocks in the valley can be really slippery!
(Screenshots from my own Instagram as well as a friend's and from under the search "zoar valley")
Over the summer I worked at a pre-school in Springville which is near Zoar Valley so I have always been interested in visiting that state park. All of the information you gave the reader in this blog really influenced me to want to visit the park very soon now that the weather is nice. The Instagram pictures you included were good personal way to show how unique these parks are. Get going with these awesome posts.
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