As I was hiking about in Prince William Forest Park this week, I was thrilled to come upon this distinctive wooden bridge over the South Fork Quantico Creek in Triangle, Virginia. I have seen some historical photos of a similar looking bridge at this park, but I think that the one in those photos was of a more heavy duty construction. This wooden bridge is fairly lightweight and is definitely for pedestrian use only. In fact, the wood appears to be relatively new.
On one side of the bridge is a trail that I had been following that took me along the shore of a manmade lake. The waterfall that you see in the distance is at the extreme end of that lake. On the other side of the the bridge is a camp that is not open to public access. I crossed the bridge to take these photos and then crossed back over to continue along the trail. As you can probably tell, I took the final photo from underneath the bridge—I really liked the pattern of the floor boards of the bridge as I looked up at them.
Prince William Forest Park is the largest protected natural areas in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area with over 16,000 acres (65 square kilometers) of territory. There are more than 37 miles (60 miles) of hiking trails along streams, through the forest, and along small ridges. I enjoy hiking along these trails and in the past month have done a couple of day hikes that were each more than 10 miles (16 km) in length.
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Nice bridge!
Nice bridge but most of all a nice (and big) nature reserve so close to the Washington D.C. metropolitan.
It’s like you were listening to my thoughts, Mike. I love bridges and I’m so glad you took detail photos of this one. Thanks!
Love these! (And 10-mike hikes? Whoah! Go, Mike!)
That’s a unique bridge. What a lovely setting! We don’t have many waterfalls in central Florida.
Very nice photographs of the bridge and stream.
The perspective from below is pretty neat!
It was a spur of the moment decision for me to walk under that part of the bridge and I was really glad that I did. The shape of the bridge made the view from below particularly interesting.
I’ve not ever seen one quite like it.
Nice Series of images Mike! Like the different views of the Bridge!
Landscape photos are definitely not my speciality, but I enjoy trying to photograph almost anything that catches my eye.
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