Making Hoyles Mill almost a loop

Sunday had beautiful weather, although I wasn't really in the mood to hike. Still, I needed to train, so I stayed pretty local and did a loop across Black Hill, down Hoyles Mill, to the Soccerplex.

Hoyles Mill Trail loops to the south of the Soccerplex and terminates at Schaeffer Farm, but instead I cut across the park into the neighborhoods. From there, it would have been feasible to close the loop, but it would have been open (and boring) sidewalks past houses. I opted to get a ride home instead.

The Hoyles Mill Trail is rather disjointed. From north to south, it's trail, roadwalk, trail, roadwalk with a crossing, trail, short and safe roadwalk, really pretty trail, paved Soccerplex connectors, and a last bit of dirt trail. The nicest part (which I do least often) is the bit in the middle. This section is an old one-lane road. The northern bits of trail are nice too because of lake views.

I hiked 11.5 miles total, with minimal elevation gain.