Exploring the Blue Wall Preserve
Last Friday featured mild temperatures and low humidity, a perfect day during August to visit the Blue Wall Preserve . The Blue Wall Preserve is a 575 acre nature preserve owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy located in northeast Greenville County off Pennell Road a few miles west of Lake Lanier. The preserve, acquired in 1997, also serves as an access point to the Blue Wall Passage of the Palmetto Trail , a trail through the preserve up to Vaughn's Gap that opened in 1999 . The parking area for the preserve is on Pennell Road at approximately 35.184556, -82.248266 . I found I had the place all to myself: I walked around the bright yellow gate down the old road: The pavement ends near the bridge crossing over Vaughn Creek: The bridge could definitely use some work. Be careful: The road beyond the bridge is gravel and dirt: A lovely sign sits near of another gate. One side was obscured by high weeds, and the other side was backlit. I ...