Oct 08, 2025 Junk Drawer Trail Report

This trail, my favorite trail at this park, really needs some trail love. Numerous baseball to softball sized rocks are laying in the middle of the trail tread keeping riders way too much on the brakes having to navigate around these rocks throwing off timing, balance, and momentum. The steep downhill northwest of the Hail Mary trailhead is very eroded from the last heavy rains and very difficult to descend. Fortunately, I saw a worker from Fayetteville Parks out there today on a Bobcat working on trails north of the parking lot so hopefully they will get to this super fun and popular trail in due time.