MST in the Triangle - Section 2

Section 2 (also known as Honeycutt Creek West) starts just west of the Honeycutt Creek "causeway" on Raven Ridge Road, at a small gravel pull-out on the shoulder of the road. It travels for 2.6 miles, mostly northeast along the shore of Falls Lake, and comes out on a private road that leads to the end of Possum Track Road. It has three bridges to cross, all of which are still there, unlike Section 1!

This section of trail initially hugs close to the lake shore, going up small hills and down through wash-out areas, most of which were dry. You turn away from the lake and start following a feeder stream, then cross it on the first bridge at 0.4 miles in.

Soon afterward, on your left you pass two very large manor-style homes, fenced of course. The trail starts to curve left around these homes, while you have good lakes views on the right.

At 1.2 miles, you come to another bridge across a sizable stream with some cascading water, and a huge black chain link fence comes within several feet of the trail. You follow this fence for at least 1/4 mile. In the winter you can catch a glimpse of the house in the distance, and it's a doozy. It has so many wings, it looks like a compound. Huge!

After you get past the fence, at 1.5 miles you come to a large pond on your left, and you travel on a berm between the pond and the lake. It looks you're walking across some kind of man-made dam. Not sure why it's there. After the pond, watch out for a fork in the trail, and keep to the left. I took the right fork by mistake (I wasn't watching the white blazes), which goes down directly to the lake.

From here to the end of this trail section, you don't get any more views of the lake. At 1.9 miles, there's a stream you have to rock-hop across, but it's easy. At 2.2 miles, you come to one more stream crossing by bridge, and then start uphill, then back downhill, and skirt a house very close on your left.

At 2.5 miles you exit the woods and come out at Red Fox Run, a dirt road that leads you to the end of Possum Track Road (at 2.6 miles), and the start of Section 3.