DuVal Trail and Susanna's Woods Hike

Event Rating: Level 3
Distance: ~7.0 miles
Elevation Gain: ~625 feet
Time Duration: ~3.25 hours
Blaze Orange: Required

Hikers are required to have attended a level two hike (6+ miles) or greater within the past two months to sign up for this hike.

We're going to hike all trails in the preserve.

From sklt.org:

Located in an area known as Susanna’s Woods, the DuVal Trail System features the 4.8 mile out-and-back DuVal (Blue) Trail, the 2.4 mile out-and-back Jones Camp (Green) Trail, the 0.7 mile Polly’s Rock Loop (Red) Trail), and the 0.6 mile Lynn’s Loop (Yellow) Trail. The trails cross numerous parcels of land protected by SKLT and DEM between 1983 and 2013. These trails feature the hill and kettle topography of a terminal moraine left by the retreating glaciers of the last ice age. Susanna’s Woods is noted for its stands of oak once used as woodlots for the plantation families who farmed the flat land nearer the coast. Though the area was never cleared, it has been continually cut for 300 years.

Trailhead Directions: From Route 1 southbound, take the Perryville Center exit and continue for 0.4 mile. Turn left onto Post Road and continue for 0.5 miles. The parking area will be on the left at the foot of the Quaker Burial Ground Historical Cemetery.

From Route 1 northbound, take the first U-turn after the Moonstone Beach Road exit and proceed per directions above.
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Wear a good pair of hiking boots.
Bring two liters of water minimum as well as snack food.
Drink plenty of water before the hike to pre-hydrate.

You can find a trail map at this link:
Duval Trail System Map

Trail head Parking:
Duval Trail Parking Area

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Before signing up for this event, please read and understand the entire Write-Up and the Liability Waiver. By signing up for this event you and any guests that accompany you agree to the terms of the Liability Waiver.

Liability Waiver: As a condition of your voluntary participation in this activity, you acknowledge and agree to the following: this activity involves inherent risks that can cause property damage, injury, illness, disability, and/or death to participants and/or others; you assume all risk associated with this activity; you are responsible for having the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, clothing, and equipment to safely participate in this activity; you know and will follow the Hiker Responsibility Code described at www.hikesafe.com; the leader(s) of this activity are volunteers; and you for yourself, your heirs, executors, and administrators release, hold harmless, and indemnify the leader(s) and all members of this group from any and all claims for property damage, injury, illness, disability, and/or death - including those caused by negligence and/or other reasons.