Blackbird State Forest

This hike will be flat and may be muddy.  It will be mostly wooded with some field edges. Bring water, lunch and bug repellent. Also wear some orange.  Carpool Meeting: Meet at Suburban Plaza Shopping center at the bank parking lot; we will leave there at 8:00 a.m. Driving directions from Suburban Plaza. Go to Rt. 896 south to Boyd’s Corner Road. Left at Boyd’s Corner Road (at the Exxon Station at Summit Airport; this is Rt. 896), travel about 3-4 miles. Turn right onto Rt. 13 south at Boyd’s Corner (opposite the Wawa). Follow directions below starting at #3.

 

Ed Vacek

From the DE-1 exit of I-95. Take DE-1 south, going over the Roth bridge take the right exit before the toll to DE-13 south. Proceed south on DE-13. Just past Townsend, DE-71 will join from the right, proceed about 1 mi. Turn right onto Blackbird Forest Rd. Proceed about 1.2 mi crossing the RR tracks. Just past Oliver Guessford Rd turn left into the Tybout Tract of Blackbird State Forest. Proceed about 300 yards, to the rearmost parking lot.