The Moraine Hills Bike Paths
Viewing Platform to Northern Woods

The photo above is from the Black Tern Marsh viewing platform on the east side of the marsh. There is quite a contrast between the shaded viewing area and the bright and sunny scenery in the distance.

This is looking back from the all wooden viewing platform. There was a mowed path that went off into the distance here but I did not explore where it went or how far.

The steps going back up and my bike at the top (which is hard to see because of the busy background). It is definitely worth going out to the viewing platforms from the main trail since it provides a good variety of scenes to your ride and the scenery from the platform is pretty nice too.

As I left the Black Tern Marsh Viewing Platform and rode through another short wooded area the trees thinned out and I started to come out into the sun once again.

Here is where the path crosses under River Road going in the other direction (mostly east in this situation).

This is Junction B southwest of Lake Defiance. This is in the part of the park that is east of River Road now. As I mentioned previously, many of these trails are One Way for Bikes and you are supposed to go right here.

I did go to the right but at the northern end of this section I took the loop that goes west (left) around the Leatherleaf Bog Nature Preserve and back down to meet up with this part of the trail again (from the left).

So I actually ended up riding this section (a little north of Junction B) two times. It is a nice part of the trail and not that long so I didn't mind the rerun here.

There is a park and more parking here which is by the Northern Woods (north of Lake Defiance) and Opossum Run.

OK, this is where we get into the more wooded part of the ride. Technically, I believe that they call this the Northern Woods. If not they should.