ABC Wednesday: M is for mile marker

They have new mile markers on some of the greenway paths in my city.

Aesthetically I prefer the old ones which were all unfinished wood like the trail marker below.

However, I suspect the new ones may last longer.

There are still a lot of unfinished wood ones which serve a variety of purposes besides marking miles.

One problem with the mile markers is there are so many different starting places for the same trails that I can't ever remember what the starting point for the mileage is.

At Shelley Lake some people park at the art center and take the trail above down to the lake.

Others parking at the same place choose to take the steps above down to the lake.

Some people park at the dam and walk up to the lake as shown above. The shot below is another trail people take from the opposite side of the lake to the marked trail. I take the one below when walking from my house which is nearby.

My point is it doesn't matter what style marker is used, if you don't know the starting point for the mileage, you don't know how far you've walked. Click for the home of ABC Wednesday.