Camp property found, now updates.

[ArlyA]

Bulldozer track?

Not sure, but I'd guess some forestry harvester.

 

[MossRoad]

I don't suppose you're lucky enough to have a vein of gravel on the property?

That's a great question.

When we bought our property, it was mostly sand and muck. We had to cut a road in as a specific place due to it being on a highway. My forester friend gave me a soil map book (all info now available free on-line) that showed a pocket of gravel right at the same point we were required to cut the road in! Very fortunate. I dug out a foot deep 10' wide trench in the sand about 400' back into the property and used the gravel to fill the trench 6" deep. Then we trucked in enough slag to fill the rest of the 6". Very sturdy road and half was free. Never would have known that gravel was there, if not for that book.

It specifically said there was a 6-12' layer of gravel under 12-24" of sand, and sure enough, there it was.

 

[MossRoad]

Seen at the parking lot. View attachment 4094023

Could make an interesting retaining wall for a planter at the entrance.

 

[MossRoad]

Some of the logging road mud holes are simply the dirt was pressed out via trucks, creating a berm that retains water. So the berm needs to be cut out. Other area's are so grassy, we can't see whats there and retaining the water.. The owners had been driving out there some years ago, before the last logging operation. We looked at historical moisture level for the summer which showed 6 or 8" of extra this year.

Have you looked at any soil maps of the property? See my other post about that. Very helpful, in our case.