Fumee Lake Natural Area

"Awesome place to walk, bike ride and just got out in nature. Love this place and everyone is so nice. Beautiful views of the lakes and wildlife."

"We went on a rainy day around lunchtime. The trail is beautiful with very flat terrain; it's an easy walk. We enjoyed the views, got a little wet and ate raspberries along the path. The path is right on the edge of private property, you'll pass a lot of houses and backyards."

"Great place to get a run in, I enjoyed the hills and scenic trails"

"A nice area for cross country skiing and snowshoeing (I have only visited in the winter) The entrance on the east side near Little Fumee Lake has shorter trail options. There are vault style toilets at both trailhead parking lots."

"My partner and I hiked the “Fumee Mountain Pathway” loop from AllTrails here. We did the whole the loop. We started with the flat part along the lake. It was super easy! Boring even (for us). For someone wanting a nice, easier, flat woods walk, it would be great, just out and back. It’s a narrow 2 track, like a 4 wheeler path, with a little grass in the middle. Some strollers would probably even do fine on this portion of the trail. As we started the incline part of the hike it got much better, it was very nice, and got our hearts pumping a little bit. Some parts got a little narrow (like a single track bike path), but this was for shorter portions. We also wore long pants and lots of natural bug spray. If we do this hike again we plan to do it in reverse, doing the uphill part first, then the flat walk along the lake at the end. The scenery in the woods was beautiful, especially along the ridge. No Mountain View’s, but the woods were so beautiful. The portion along the ridge we enjoyed was 6-7. Looked like a great spot for mountain biking too. We barely saw any other people on our hike. There are no trail blazes along the actual path, but there are clear markers with a small map reference at every trail crossing. So if you are at a trail crossing and there is no marker then you went off the trail, turn around and go back. As long as you stop at each crossing and check the map you’ll be good! I personally thought everything was well marked and the trails are clear. The signs look newer. There was also plenty of parking. There were quite a lot of bugs, we were prepared, I mean, it is the woods. We did also pull several ticks off of us when we left. The hike was mostly shady, but there were a few sunny spots, I had my hat on and off during our hike. We had hoped to stop and eat lunch on the trail but there wasn’t really a good spot. It took us about 2.5 hours to hike the whole loop. We then drove over to Lake Antoine Park and had lunch there, at a picnic table over looking the lake. It was very pretty."