Cooper Foster Park Bridge Over Vermilion River – Part 2

It’s a bit of a hike to get to the abandoned bridge abutments nestled in the Bacon Woods.

Starting where the new Great Nest reproduction is located, you have to follow the Bacon Woods Trail (red markers), then the Bluebird Meadow trail (blue markers), and finally the Coopers Hollow Trail (yellow markers).

But if you keep bearing left and follow the trail closest to the Vermilion River, you can’t miss the abutments. At one point, you will see the one on the one on the west bank of the river peeking through the trees, and a little path leading to it. 

If you follow the narrow path towards the river, you will see the abutment on the east bank immediately on your left.

Stepping out onto the river bank, you can get a better look at it.

It looks a little nicer in the late afternoon.

And let’s not forget the one on the west bank of the river. Here are morning and late afternoon shots of it as well.

Lastly, here’s a Google Maps view showing roughly where the west abutment is located. You can’t really see it, but I know that’s the approximate location because of the appearance of the riverbank opposite it. I tromped around it a few times in preparation for this post.

If I hadn’t dropped out of the Cub Scouts, today I might be able to identify some of the tracks left there by the wildlife (below). Oh well.