Another Aptly Named Furnace

Mary Ann furnace is is 4 Mile loop trail in Codorus State Park, but in some parts is not clearly marked, but still a very fun adventure for a day. Very easy Trail and provides a good moderate amount of exercise over the course of two hours of hiking. It is a great entry-level Trail in which you can learn navigation and trail running skills.

The parking lot for the trail is very small and is rather hitting on the side of the road in Codorus State Park. however, when you get to the trailhead split, you can go either direction, it would seem I would find out later. I went to the left side of the trailer first, across a bridge with the moving tree, and walked across a couple plank bridges over the course of the first mile. the first mile had a very small amount of incline, but was otherwise it fairly easy Trail. The end of the first section of the hike, I would say, is a lookout deck they looked over an overgrown Mangrove of sorts.

The second section of the hike included a little bit more Backwoods hiking, but as long as you stick to the trail that had orange places on it, you were okay. What intersected with another trailer at one point in time, which is a slightly harder Trail but still not terribly difficult. it would be a fun adventure to explore this Trail further, but maybe on another day when I didn't have a car to get back to. it went into a lot of money rain. Areas, so make sure that if you like this real, that you're bringing your best pair of waterproof boots. My feet were covered in mud and water by the time I was done.

The last third of the trail was split up into the Wilderness of a killer State Park, and there were no real clear indicators of trails blazes anywhere. In the dark trying to find a way, we ended up walking into the campground area by accident. And so, we had to backtrack, walk back across a bridge with beautiful scenery, and find our way back to the trail that we were supposed to be on. I'll say, nothing builds companionship like being lost in the back of the woods with a friend. but he was to say, it was a good thing that I had a compass on my phone, or somehow managed to have service at this point of time. Big kudos to Google for that.

When we finally found the trail we were supposed to be on, we finally started seeing Trailblazers again, and then they let us back to the start of the trail. It is definitely a good field to practice trail running, as there's just enough in client and downhill slope to simulate the same amounts waxing and waning efforts you would exert when running up a mountain or down a canyon or any other steep trail in between. Maybe one day I will learn to run like the Taramuhara people of Mexico. 

And so, it came to pass that we found a way through the Wilderness and back to our vehicles. We were seeing the same slippery wooden plank Bridge, the same platform in the mangroves, and the same incline trail that we have seen on the way in. On a scale of 1 to 10, the difficulty of this Trail was about a 3, if that, but it was very enjoyable for a Day hike. It is definitely one that I would recommend to the family.