Clinton Community Nature Center

*SPLAT*
«EWW… Oh hell, what was that?» as you tromp your way down the gravel trail in the woods… thankfully you realize it wasn’t a frog after all, just some strange remains of a nameless prehistoric looking insect.
You move on… walking over bridges, through «gullies», around «loops» and eventually taking a wrong turn onto an «Indian Trail», or as I’d like to call it, a «bog» full of mud.
If you get out of there alive you may be able to make it to the «butterfly garden» and over the pond bridge to safety… Until of course you sit down next to a giant black snake hanging out by the water and run past a group of first graders yelling «AH! OH MY GOD! I ALMOST SAT ON IT! ALMOST SAT ON THE SNAKE!»
Be careful of the sneaky squirrels who like to hide in the bushes until you arrive so they can jump out and make much noise and scare you. They act like they are afraid but don’t let them fool you, they know precisely what they are doing. If you kick every bush along the trail sometimes you get to surprise them instead.
These are just some things you may encounter while walking on Clinton Nature Center trails…
I walk here for an hour almost everyday now and it is a new adventure every time. Usually I am the only one here… And I can jog for a little bit without being made fun of. There are some places that you can continuously walk up and down hills if you want. I make myself seriously sore every time. There are many trails branching off too so you can tailor your route to your liking.
They have a information center that has animals and exhibits that I haven’t been in yet. Today there were approximately 30 six year-​olds inside screaming and yelling, so needless to say I stayed far away… There’s signs everywhere on the trails identifying types of plants and trees, historical sites (old trace’s, postal routes, first African American school in Clinton), and lots of info on wildlife.
Good place to bring kids or someone who’s interested in nature.