![]() ![]() Parking is not exclusively provided for people to park when wishing to use the trail. There are still some open fields, orchards, and such that you can enjoy along the way. It is a tranquil trail, quiet and pastoral. If it rains, you may ride or walk through shallow puddles here and there, but nothing unpleasant or adverse. Again, dependent on the time of year, acorns often clutter the trail in abundance. In the summertime, dependent on the time of day, the trees lining the paved path on both sides provide much enjoyed shade. There is also a large, panoramic view of the hills and mountains to the east that is often breathtaking. During Spring and fall, the terrain of the flood control basin can be almost calendar-worthy lovely with cranes, pelicans, coots, ducks and geese, to mention a few. bike, scooter, skateboard, etc.) - watch out for lizards doing pushups and sunning themselves along the path. Many ground squirrels take up residence along the canal, and you will also see grey or red tree squirrels scamper around the trees. When the canal is full, it is gorgeous and many geese, ducks, and coots love to float on the canal and explore the embankments. Because of the lack of having to cross streets, and the way the trail is designed, it gives the trail a feeling of privacy and sanctuary. The Enterprise Trail is totally free from having to stop at any street light or stop sign, (unless you choose to take the extended path that is on Temperance Ave, just south of Alluvial Ave). Now to get from one trail to the other, you must take one of two very less safe routes. You used to be able to move from the Enterprise Trail to the Dry Creek Trail, and vice versa, safely before the gates were put up. Sadly, the Enterprise Trail, which used to end at Sunnyside Ave, just south of Shepherd Ave has been closed off by the residents who live along the canal between Fowler Ave and Sunnyside Ave. If you are taking the paved path, you must move up to the dirt embankment to continue along the trail, until you have passed the flood control basin, you can then either stay on the dirt embankment or move back down to the paved path. Dependent on the weather, the gates abutting the flood control basin will be closed and locked if rain is predicted, and sometimes it is closed and locked for reasons unknown to me. On the other side of the canal, the path is gravel. If you ride up or walk up to the canal embankment the path is dirt. The path is paved on one side of the canal. The other entrance/exit is on Fowler, just south of Shepherd Ave. One entrance/exit is on Alluvial, west of Temperance - if you wish to continue east, you can cross Temperance Ave and the Enterprise Trail runs along a mainly large field and small farm on one side and close to housing and then another canal, before the trail curves around and heads to the area where McDonald's and Riley's is and then it connects on Temperance. This is my second favorite trail of the ones I ride in the Clovis area. ![]()
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