The Lakeview Trail provides a beautiful and shady retreat from the hot sun of a summer's day. Beginning below the large playing field, this wooded path winds through a dense hemlock forest before crossing the park's main stream. The trail then angles toward the water's edge and stops at several rest areas where hikers can view the shallow inlet waters. Following the shoreline around the entire far side of the lake, Lakeview Trail offers a beautiful view of the water and of the dark forest which surrounds the trail for its entire length. The marked trail ends at the woodland edge near the dam.
Walkers can cross the dam and easily make their way back to the main park area.
All along the Trail, there are examples of beavers at work. Beavers cut down trees to build their dams and lodges and also feed on the tender bark and twigs. Cross the creek, turn right, and follow a path upstream to the beaver dam and lodge. Visitors who stay in the park until dusk sometimes catch a glimpse of beavers working on the dam or carrying branches through the water. This species has long been considered a weak tree by the timber industry, but it proves its usefulness in a variety of ways.