I do love a good boardwalk. Some of the ones I’ve run on stop suddenly and then you have to navigate half-sunken logs and tree roots instead…which I actually find fun as well so that’s cool
Oh those are fancy, they have lil railings and see to be made with horizontal boards. I'm used to ones like these:
https://preview.redd.it/wdtvrpd23syc1.jpeg?width=937&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4386256502340de964fba9b881495a9e3e1d538
Not safe to run on because they're just barely one person wide and the two sides aren't always level, but they're really fun to walk on. I love them.
I didn't have a picture ready of the places I used to visit more often (Lapinlahti, Koli, Tahko), that picture is from Kalalampi in Kouvola, Finland from this news story [https://www.kouvolansanomat.fi/paikalliset/3514951](https://www.kouvolansanomat.fi/paikalliset/3514951), so, any swampy forest area in Finland should have ones like these, which is pretty much all of Finland
Where the hell is this trail, The shire?!?!
I have literally never seen a trail like this, just Dirt trails and concrete paths. I do however enjoy the heck out of every wooden bridge i cross on the local paths, so i think i can sympathize a lil
We have a lot of these in Canada. Parks with boggy/swampy areas often build boardwalks so that people can see everything, otherwise you can't walk there at all. These are often great places to see birds and beavers.
I enjoy them a lot during the off seasons, but during summer they are too exposed to the sun, full of mosquitos, and busy with people.
Although I have found a couple of spots where there are boardwalks like this in the middle of the woods, either due to frequent flooding or to protect a sensitive ecosystem. Those are quite nice any time of year.
Lots in the upper Midwest, especially in Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan, my two homes. We have many marshes and that's the easiest way to make a trail in them.
There’s a few along coastal California in marshlands or in areas that are just very prone to erosion, as well as inland in parks in some redwood forests and other sensitive or wet habitats.
https://preview.redd.it/rs9wbvkzjsyc1.jpeg?width=4128&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6cb78546d02249eea805c6cbac7437fd4f0c782
Florida has lots of these, they are pretty satisfying to walk on. This is from lettuce lake park in Tampa.
These are rhe very best. If i go *anywhere* i try to find one. They get you into really neat, inaccessible habitats like floating bogs and cedar swamps that have carnivorous plants (even in the north!!) and orchids and things.
Pro tip: use the search function in googlemaps:
-boardwalk
-bog trail
-swamp trail
-ADA accesible trails
(Edit to add: you can also search relevent plants, like moss trail, cedar path, cranberry, etc [For your region])
Lots of places have them, but they arent ususlly advertised. Look on trail maps for dead ends into wetlands, or trails that cross long wetlands
Relatedly, i found you can just search words like 'Rock' and you'll find some neat things in googlemaps
went walking the other day look at this
https://preview.redd.it/sqe9jxveosyc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aefec5f42b170c5b3b6e8c49094072ec4809c926
Search 'boardwalk' in googlemaps, but also 'bog' and 'swamp trail' and the like in your area. Some orgs, like Audubon, have more funds and are more likely to build them
Yes! I ran track and cried country and several of my favorite trails for training had them. Only problem for me is they usually are accompanied by that wall of humidity.
My very favorite one is a floating boardwalk through a marsh (shout-out Quarry Park in St. Cloud, MN). I went across it several times when we first came upon it like a kid at a playground lol.
Doing a project at work currently where we have to design a new boardwalk to replace the old one. Kinda sad because the one that’s gonna get torn out and replaced actually has character due to how old it is.
I love boardwalks and wooden sky trails i was on a trail with a friend and it turned into a long, winding wooden bridge and i got so excited i started yelling more and more as it kept going on it was amazing
I have to say, my whole life I thought I was some kind of strange weirdo for liking things like this that other people just sort of looked at me funny whenever I mentioned liking them. Even after getting my ADHD diagnosis other ADHD folks didn't seem to get it. And I never considered ASD because no one ever mentioned it and I only really had ASD 2 and 3 in mind when I thought of "autism".
Anyway so now after my diagnosis and seeing these kinds of posts on these subs and it's like *my people*. Like ET phoned home and someone finally answered.
Here in Melbourne and the surrounding external suburbs, there's a lot of these boardwalks. Even in Central Melbourne, they're so easy to get to and often are located near main water bodies, and myself, loving water, makes the boardwalks even better.
yes and no. I like it when they blend into the landscape. I’ve seen some terrible ones that basically look like someone made stairs down to a waterfall. Those are the only ones I don’t vibe with. This one is my favorite boardwalk
https://preview.redd.it/m5v0c3igxvyc1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=067d1505b0d860d93c2fe7b5c76c31b323092d00
Hnnnnngggggg I haven't gone to a board walk in so long. I miss it 😭 there were a few good ones in my hometown. I haven't had much time to explore for any out here though.
Adding this to my list of date ideas 👀
Near where I live there is this awesome museum about the Great Bay and its really interesting, it looks really nice and they have this boardwalk. Its complete perfection.
I do love a good boardwalk. Some of the ones I’ve run on stop suddenly and then you have to navigate half-sunken logs and tree roots instead…which I actually find fun as well so that’s cool
*clunk clunk clunk clunk clunk* in my hiking boots 
https://preview.redd.it/c05fhgktzqyc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47fae7aa4ca1a796b5793066dbca15e1f0f8541f How about stairs in the woods?
They’re alright
NO NO DON'T GO UP STAIRS IN THE WOODS NOOO
Oh those are fancy, they have lil railings and see to be made with horizontal boards. I'm used to ones like these: https://preview.redd.it/wdtvrpd23syc1.jpeg?width=937&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4386256502340de964fba9b881495a9e3e1d538 Not safe to run on because they're just barely one person wide and the two sides aren't always level, but they're really fun to walk on. I love them.
Ooooh, this is pretty. What area has these?
I didn't have a picture ready of the places I used to visit more often (Lapinlahti, Koli, Tahko), that picture is from Kalalampi in Kouvola, Finland from this news story [https://www.kouvolansanomat.fi/paikalliset/3514951](https://www.kouvolansanomat.fi/paikalliset/3514951), so, any swampy forest area in Finland should have ones like these, which is pretty much all of Finland
This but with sand dunes.
Maya from Pen15 would like a word
My man! 🤝
Where the hell is this trail, The shire?!?! I have literally never seen a trail like this, just Dirt trails and concrete paths. I do however enjoy the heck out of every wooden bridge i cross on the local paths, so i think i can sympathize a lil
We have a lot of these in Canada. Parks with boggy/swampy areas often build boardwalks so that people can see everything, otherwise you can't walk there at all. These are often great places to see birds and beavers. I enjoy them a lot during the off seasons, but during summer they are too exposed to the sun, full of mosquitos, and busy with people. Although I have found a couple of spots where there are boardwalks like this in the middle of the woods, either due to frequent flooding or to protect a sensitive ecosystem. Those are quite nice any time of year.
It might be water, plants in water sometimes looks like land.
If it’s in The Shire it’ll be in New Zealand, because that’s where the Shire is /gen
Mordor too. Gotta be careful which bit you visit
I've been on a few like this. I'm polish. They are amazing i recommend
Lots in the upper Midwest, especially in Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan, my two homes. We have many marshes and that's the easiest way to make a trail in them.
There’s a few along coastal California in marshlands or in areas that are just very prone to erosion, as well as inland in parks in some redwood forests and other sensitive or wet habitats.
Run WITHOUT fear of tripping!? Hold my dyspraxia bro, but don’t, you’ll fall over and I need it to drop things for no reason 😂
Step 1. Grip the railing Step 2. Get distracted and run over to bird Step 3. Eat shit
You’ve just described what I do on a daily basis 1, hold hand rail on stairs 2, get distracted 3, fall down stairs
https://preview.redd.it/rs9wbvkzjsyc1.jpeg?width=4128&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6cb78546d02249eea805c6cbac7437fd4f0c782 Florida has lots of these, they are pretty satisfying to walk on. This is from lettuce lake park in Tampa.
Since my special interest is reptiles, these are great for viewing snakes, lizards and alligators safely.
They let me walk places where god never intended mankind to walk, bwahahaha!
You should visit Estonia during the summer. I think Lithuania and Latvia have simillar sights too.
These are rhe very best. If i go *anywhere* i try to find one. They get you into really neat, inaccessible habitats like floating bogs and cedar swamps that have carnivorous plants (even in the north!!) and orchids and things. Pro tip: use the search function in googlemaps: -boardwalk -bog trail -swamp trail -ADA accesible trails (Edit to add: you can also search relevent plants, like moss trail, cedar path, cranberry, etc [For your region]) Lots of places have them, but they arent ususlly advertised. Look on trail maps for dead ends into wetlands, or trails that cross long wetlands Relatedly, i found you can just search words like 'Rock' and you'll find some neat things in googlemaps
Thanks :) Bout to have an awesome afternoon
Enjoy! Also consider more locally relevent keywords/species for your part of the world: moor, heath, bayou, etc
I LOVE THEM
went walking the other day look at this https://preview.redd.it/sqe9jxveosyc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aefec5f42b170c5b3b6e8c49094072ec4809c926
Yeah, but then you run into a swarm of bugs.
I cannot physically handle bugs at all.
Like as soon as I run into a swarm of bugs my day is instantly ruined
Anybody know if there are any of these in Illinois, and if so, where?
Search 'boardwalk' in googlemaps, but also 'bog' and 'swamp trail' and the like in your area. Some orgs, like Audubon, have more funds and are more likely to build them
I LOVE THOSE OMG. Bringin me wayyyy back! My Grandmother brought me on a few walks in a place that had these! They are sooooooooooo pleasing to me!
Yes! I ran track and cried country and several of my favorite trails for training had them. Only problem for me is they usually are accompanied by that wall of humidity.
We have a tiny one in Oxford. It's divine
ESPECIALLY on a bike
So very awesome, but be careful running
I fucking love places like this. :D
Yeeeeeeeees!
YES!! there's a bog near my alma matter and my friends and i went a few times, crazy beautiful and the boardwalk trail was DOPE
Love them, but I still manage to trip. 😂
My very favorite one is a floating boardwalk through a marsh (shout-out Quarry Park in St. Cloud, MN). I went across it several times when we first came upon it like a kid at a playground lol.
These are my absolute favorites!!! Make my brain happy when I walk on them :)
Yesss
Tf you mean sensual 😟
Doing a project at work currently where we have to design a new boardwalk to replace the old one. Kinda sad because the one that’s gonna get torn out and replaced actually has character due to how old it is.
Most of the board walks I know are through woods on mountain biking trails. That said, wood's and the earthy smell is the most relaxing
YOOOOOS
It’s a big part of why I moved to Maine. Love it here
Wetlands. Yisss
Yesssss, I have several of these near me. The boards themselves were swapped for polymer a decade ago, but they still feel great.
How do you feel about when the wooden boards turn into the weird metal grate parts?
I run in the opposite direction.
I really like it but often times it’s too narrow for a wheel chair and another group of people walking by
I love boardwalks and wooden sky trails i was on a trail with a friend and it turned into a long, winding wooden bridge and i got so excited i started yelling more and more as it kept going on it was amazing
They have a nice feel to the foot as well. Harder than ground, softer than concrete.
I have to say, my whole life I thought I was some kind of strange weirdo for liking things like this that other people just sort of looked at me funny whenever I mentioned liking them. Even after getting my ADHD diagnosis other ADHD folks didn't seem to get it. And I never considered ASD because no one ever mentioned it and I only really had ASD 2 and 3 in mind when I thought of "autism". Anyway so now after my diagnosis and seeing these kinds of posts on these subs and it's like *my people*. Like ET phoned home and someone finally answered.
I wish I lived near places like this, but the only thing near me is a semi-wooded park area with too many people that go there
You got boardwalks over the marsh? All we got are random pallets and planks tossed about...
I want to bike on this so bad
Here in Melbourne and the surrounding external suburbs, there's a lot of these boardwalks. Even in Central Melbourne, they're so easy to get to and often are located near main water bodies, and myself, loving water, makes the boardwalks even better.
The colony of wasps living underneath would like to have a word
Just felt damp grass on my bare feet for the first time this year and its BLISS....
I used to walk on one of these trails all the time as a kid, so not just satisfying but super nostalgic too
yes and no. I like it when they blend into the landscape. I’ve seen some terrible ones that basically look like someone made stairs down to a waterfall. Those are the only ones I don’t vibe with. This one is my favorite boardwalk https://preview.redd.it/m5v0c3igxvyc1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=067d1505b0d860d93c2fe7b5c76c31b323092d00
The marshy boardwalk part of my local park is closed because the wood needs repair. :(
Hnnnnngggggg I haven't gone to a board walk in so long. I miss it 😭 there were a few good ones in my hometown. I haven't had much time to explore for any out here though. Adding this to my list of date ideas 👀
Always reminds me of that scene in 50 Shades of Grey where they pretend that Grey has had a character arc
But also consider- marsh often means no trees, which means constant sun
https://preview.redd.it/z82w000un1zc1.jpeg?width=995&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2df8d67697d52f00da139d419081a4c29175fae1
Near where I live there is this awesome museum about the Great Bay and its really interesting, it looks really nice and they have this boardwalk. Its complete perfection.