A shelter house is also being constructed here. All picnic areas have picnic tables and shade. Hambleton has water and flush toilets, but there are no sources of water at the Creekside and Fern Picnic Areas, and only portable toilets, because of the potential of flooding from Clear Creek. Hiking Trails Hiking trails begin at each parking area. Many trails require some climbing, since there is a 300-foot elevation gain from the valley floor to the ridgetop.
Trails meander through cool groves of Canadian hemlock and forests of towering beech and oak.
The woodland floor is covered with ferns, the creek is lined with scouring rushes, and wildflowers fill the meadows with color. Pileated woodpeckers laugh in the trees, frog choruses sing in the marshlands, and red-tailed hawks scream as they soar high overhead. There are over ten miles of trail open to the public. As additional areas of the park are developed, more trails will be opened. The park naturalist hosts nature programs and hikes several times a month.