Little Bennett

The park has beautiful areas of wide open, runnable forest and areas of some really nasty vegetation. At this time of the year, areas of light to even some areas of medium green will not slow your running speed. Areas of dark green, however, should be avoided. The symbol for green undergrowth, or slash, is used liberally on this map. There are two types, the wider spaced parallel green lines that usually indicate areas of older fallen trees where visibility is good, but you will still have to navigate over these fallen trees and it may slow you down a bit. The more closely spaced parallel green lines indicate areas of more densely spaced fallen trees in which visibility is reduced and progress through these areas can be severely hindered. One can get through these areas, but it'll take some time. The park has created several new trails and taken several older trails out of service. The new trails are mapped and when the older trails are clearly visible, they are mapped as intermittent trails. Be aware that the park, when taking these trails out of service, will plant saplings in the field portion of these trails and pile debris at the beginning and end of these trails when they enter wooded areas. The rock features mapped tend to be on the small side (i.e. less than 1 meter to 1 meter in height ), but they are present. A significant number of rootstocks were added to the map for this meet, they all are larger than 1.5 meter in height or diameter and still have dirt present. Older rootstocks not meeting this criteria were removed. Trails at this time of the year tend to be muddy and portions can be rocky. The White through Brown courses were designed not to cross the entrance road to the park nor to have a route choice through the campground loops A through D.

White and Yellow courses: At this time of the year portions of the trails along your route can be wet and muddy, be prepared to get your shoes dirty.

Orange and Brown courses: Your courses do not cross Little Bennett creek nor campground loops A through D. Course legs were designed to give you options for getting through or around some of the nastier vegetation.

Score-O: The only rule in the Score-O is that one must stay within the outer perimeter borders of the park. Clarksburg Road bisects the park and although it is NOT marked as Out Of Bounds, it IS marked as Dangerous. Be very careful crossing this road and minimize using this road as a route choice. Little Bennett Creek is crossable, but you will probably get your feet wet at this time of the year. Dry crossings (i.e. bridges) across the creek are indicated by the purple crossing symbol on the map. While water will be at two control locations, three other water stops (not at control locations) will be at the small parking lots along Clarksburg Road. These locations are indicated on the map. On portions of the map both mountain bikers and horseback riders may be present on the trails, so be aware and try and not startle folks or horses. Also, if you choose to cross through the campground area as a route choice, please be respectful of anyone camping there and avoid running through their campsite. Hopefully, some of you will venture out into portions of the park that normally are not used due to course setting constraints. Remember, there is a strict maximum limit of 2 hours to complete this course. Penalties are per minute after two hours. But you don't have to spend the full two hours on this course - it is perfectly OK to spend less time if that is what you desire. Enjoy and have fun