Lake Livingston State Park

We started from the rangers station and walked three sections.  The first section was on the Pineywood Nature trail. It goes for quite a ways on just dirt trail then there is a boardwalk circle and you come back on the dirt trail.  We then followed a trail with the lake on our left past the store and viewing tower to a distant parking lot and back.  Our last section was with the lake on our right and we went past the Stewert W. Moore nature trail to where the bridge was out and then turned around.

Lake Livingston State Park is on scenic Lake Livingston.  There are a number of hiking and equestrian trails that run through the park in a "tangled mess".  Some of the trails are only open to equestrians.  I did not realize this until after my hike and I looked at the park map.  There are no signs posted on the trail that indicate they are for horses only, although these trails are wider and less developed than the hiking only trails.  Fortunately, I hiked in the late afternoon just prior to dusk and I did not run into any equestrians on the trail.

There isn't a lot to see, although the trail takes you to places like Duck Pond (where I did not see any ducks).  The Pineywoods Nature Trail and the Oak Flats Nature Trail do have a number of informative displays to help you learn more about the trees, habitats, animals, etc.

There are some other trails in the park that I did not hike for two reasons.  First, I ran out of daylight.  Second, the other trails mostly take you very close to and/or through campsites, so I did not want to hike through those areas early the next morning when people were sleeping or just getting up.  From what I could see on the map, the other trails didn't seem to provide anything compelling, except for a few places to view the lake.

it was well maintained but the dry weather had both the frog and duck pond dried up, the trail cuts through the sewer treatment area