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This hike occured on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Participants were Dave McIntyre and Mike Calabrese. As usual, we met at POPUMC like always and departed at 8:00 AM for Burke Lake Park near Burke, VA. We arrived around 8:35 AM. We had 2 people that said that they The trail was very level. It was asphalt paved near the volleyball courts, the marina and the fishing areas but was gravel the rest of the way. We drank a lot of water on this trip. We took a break at around the 3 mile mark on a bench and observed a large group of people hiking by us. There must have been 30 or more people in this group. I asked one of them which organization that they were with. They answered that they were with the Northern Virginia Hiking Club. Impressive! There were many runners, hikers and bikers on this trail. You had to wait for a gap in the line and then fall in. We made it around the campground, around the west end of the park next to Burke Lake RD, then veered off the trail at around the 4.5 mile mark in search of ice cream. We had to do some bushwahacking to get to the ice cream parlor only to find that it was not open. The sign that showed the hours was very confusing. At first we thought it was not open on weekends. Then we thought that it was not open until 12 noon. It was 10:45 AM when we got there. After some discussion we concluded that the ice cream parlor opened at 11:00 AM. At 11:03 we went in and got our reward for hiking this trail. The ice cream hit the spot! We then got back on the trail, hiked the final .2 miles back to my vehicle and then went home. This was a good hike. I felt good afterwards. I understand that it is summertime, the weather is hot and a number of people Mike C |
![]() Map of where we hiked. By Mike Calabrese ![]() By Mike Calabrese ![]() By Mike Calabrese ![]() View around mile 2. By Mike Calabrese ![]() The Ice Cream Parlor! By Mike Calabrese ![]() Our reward for doing this hike. By Mike Calabrese ![]() Dave hiking off into the sunset. By Mike Calabrese |
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