"On a cool, breezy overcast morning, I drove with my dog over to the Project U.S.E.-Wildcat Mt. Wilderness Center lot on Clinton Road. Six different trails can be hiked from that lot. Ours was one of only two cars in that lot, large enough to accommodate 20+ cars. From the lot, we walked south along the shoulder of Clinton Road about 300 feet before coming to a large sign for the Project U.S.E.-Wildcat Mt. Wilderness Center. The gated entrance to the red blazed Old Coal trail starts there. Walking through the gate, we took the wide, well blazed woods road which runs along the southeastern shore of Lookover Lake and then past two large buildings belonging to Project U.S.E. We continued westward up that gentle, rock free incline, past some old rock walls where I assume a mining community may once have been located. As we got closer to the summit, the road narrowed a bit, and it became much rockier. I failed to see the first Split Rock trail sign on our right as it was tilted away from us. However, in another 500 feet, there is a sign for a second Split Rock trail access point, again on the right, and directly across from a sign for the Buddha Trail. We made the right into the woods on..." — michaelzandonella • Nov 3, 2025