The Tuxachanie Trail was pretty much destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The spoon shaped track starts right on highway 49 just north of Saucier, MS. From there it’s a 6 mile hike to Airy Lake Campground that, because of the wonderful break from cold weather, was full of Boy Scout troops and other family groups enjoying the warm sunshine. With a high in the low 70’s and the overnight low around 50F I couldn’t have picked a nicer couple of days.
After Katrina the trail was divided in two and the section past POW Lake was merged with the Bigfoot Horse Trail. While the route was changed some, and the norther most part of the loop never re-opened, it is a very pleasant hike over gently rolling hills on a mostly well kept and marked trail. Today, the section beyond POW Camp is the Red Loop of the Bigfoot Trail.
To my pleasant surprise I did not encounter much horse manure. However the lower sections are very soggy and equine traffic may be part of that.
Here are some pictures. Your thoughts are welcome.
GPS route connecting Tuxachanie with Bigfoot Red Loop: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?&t=t7&q=http://www.weddingscr.com/gpx/de_soto/tuxachanie/2015-02february.gpx
The trail was well marked and looked like it was maintained with a 4 wheeler.
Mile 7
POW Lake
Elevated footpath
A horse camp complete with a picnic table.
I think I found a nice little spot for myself.
Anybody know what kind of snake this is?
A muddy portion of the trail.
Thanks for having a look.
