Stegosaurus

Difficulty: Easy

Distance: 0.50 miles

Restrooms: No

Stroller Friendly: Yes

Wheelchair Friendly: No

Playground: No

Dog Friendly: No

Location: Tuscarora Wildlife Education Project

Clues for Your Hike

1. Start at the back of the building with the bench by the goldfish pond on your left and walk toward the sign that says, “Main Trail.” At the T junction, turn left.
2. Cross the road and continue straight down the dirt road. Turn left at the Groundhog Trail sign.
3. Keep the Groundhog Trail signs on your left and keep left, walking toward the pavilion.
4. Walk past the pavilion and the green shed on the left.
5. Stop and read about Bird Houses on the left and then continue following the path as it curves right.
6. Stay left at the fork and keep the stream on your left.
7. Continue straight passing the Charlies Trail sign on the left.
8. Turn right after the wooden amphitheater and follow the path, passing the Main Trail sign and the bench on your left.
9. Turn right, back on the Groundhog Trail and head back toward the pavilion.
10. Turn left in front of the pavilion and follow the path up a short hill. A pile of wood is on your right.
11. The post is on the tree to the left before the gravel road.
12. To return to your vehicle, cross the road, turn left and follow the gravel road – watch for cars!
13. Follow the gravel road for several yards and turn right on the grass path, walking up a slight hill. You will pass a large, low shrub on your left.
14. Just past the River Birch sign on the right, follow the grass path to the left.
15. Continue on the grass back to the parking area.

Did You Know?

• Stegosaurus, meaning “roofed lizard,” is an herbivorous four-legged armored dinosaur from the late Jurassic period.
• They have distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails.
• Stegosaurus had a brain about the size of a walnut, and paleontologists once thought they had a brain in their butt.