Access: Getting to Lynn Headwaters
Level: Very Easy
Distance: 4 km r/t
Time: 2 h
Elevation Change: 25 m
Map: 92 G/6
Season: Year Round
By far the easiest hike in the area is the pleasant 4 km saunter around Rice Lake. To reach the lake head up the hill to the right of the information board. Follow the directional signs to Rice Lake on the left side of the road. At the dock, pause to ask the trout fishermen about their luck and, out of curiosity, peer into the water along the pilings. Depending on the time of the year you’re bound to see countless salamanders. Suspended in the water too, those tiny orange specks are, in reality, a fresh water cousin to the brine shrimp of “sea-monkey” fame. The fresh water variety are called daphnia or water fleas.
