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The Tyler State Park C and D Loop Trail is a popular 3.3-mile interconnected trail that can be hiked as one trail or as separate trails. By some, the trail is considered moderately challenging. It can take an hour to an hour and a half to complete. The trail has a lot of ups and downs. If you aren’t used to this type of terrain it can be challenging.
Hiking Tyler State Park C and D Loop Trail
After finishing up on our hike on the Whispering Pines Nature Trail we decided to hike C and D Loop Trail because it combined two of the larger trails and has a view of the old CCC Damn. It sits on private property but you can see it from the trail. Not much is left.
C and D Loop Trails are great trails and just enough difficulty that it isn’t boring for regular hikers. With that being said the trail is poorly marked and several times we got way off track. We ended up hiking an additional 2+ miles because we missed turns and went off on secondary trails or ended up hiking on other loop trails that we were ready for and didn’t have enough to complete along with the rest of our original trails to get us back to our car.
Like Whispering Pines Nature Trail, the trail is a natural surface. Depending on the time of year it’s either covered in leaves/pine needles or packed dirt. It’s a narrow trail with exposed roots and washed-out parts.
The trail doesn’t have many views, but the forested environment makes up for it. The trail has a mixture of hardwoods and pine trees. Parts of the trail have some steep inclines and declines. But they aren’t too navigating.
We did come across multiple families on the trail. Several families were loud and obnoxious, and they were cutting corners and leaving the trail cut time off the trail. But over the last few years, these types of hikers are starting to be more common at the more popular parks.
We like the trail. Will we do the trail again? Maybe. We plan to try all the trails before we make a decision. This is another great park to bring visit friends and family who like to hike.
Advice for Tyler State Park C and D Loop Trail
Keep an eye for blazing marks. There are few, hard to spot sometimes, and not placed in good locations
Wear a good pair of sturdy shoes. It’s a long trail that has loose rocks and exposed roots.
Bug spray and sunscreen are good ideas. Even in the trees, you can get burned and this area does have ticks and mosquitos during the warmer months.
Bring plenty of water. If you get lost on the trail or you plan on adding side trails or any additional loops, you will need the water.
Make sure to use AllTrails and track your progress along the way. The app will alert you if you go off-trail. Also, you may want to download the trail map. There were times when I lost cell service.
About the Images
The images were shot using my old Samsung Note 8. Due to the poor lighting conditions, I used Adobe Lightroom CC, Topaz Labs Denoise AI, AI, Topaz Labs Sharpen AI, Aurora HDR, and Luminar AI to clean up the images.
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