A short walk in the woods Richard Trails is a new hiking area in the town of Charlestown. The first time I went there wasn’t any real trails and you had to bushwhack through the woods Difficult but fun. There is now one short trail that is cut through the trees. Only about a half a mile it is a work in progress and I’ve heard that they plan to extend it and add others during the summer. The little area is a popular geocache and people come here for that as well as hiking. If you get creative and make your own trails you can hike for several hours in here. Bushwhacking is a whole lot easier in the winter when you can see your own foot prints in the snow. A nice area that will become nicer as more trails are cut and more maps become available. Right now it is a cool little place for a short hike or to do some bushwhacking through the woods. I suspect this area gets really buggy in the spring so the cold and snow is the best time to get adventurous in these woods.
