Is backing up to a public trail a pro or con for you?

[Anonymous]

We are trying to get a read on if a trail behind our house is a selling point or not. If you were an avid runner/biker and liked using the trail, but also had young kids so had safety concerns, would a relatively busy trail - like say the capital crescent trail - backing up to your backyard be a pro or con for you? There is not a direct path from the yard, but it is visible from the trail in the winter (less so in the summer).

[Anonymous]

Con

[Anonymous]

Con. And we are avid trail users.

[Anonymous]

It depends on how much space there was between the trail and my property, the trail against a fence would be a con, the trail, 50 feet of woods and then my fence would be a plus

[Anonymous]

Being near a trail would be a plus. Backing to a trail, not so much, unless there's a way to get some privacy from all the trail users.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Con. And we are avid trail users.

+1
I like being 1/4 mile to the trail so I can run or bike on it.

[Anonymous]

Con. My dogs will bark at every dog who goes past.

[Anonymous]

Con....better to back to a public roadway vs walking trail - have lived with both scenarios.

[Anonymous]

Con!

[Anonymous]

Total plus. But it is dependent on the space involved. We live in the city across the street from houses that have a huge (think 300-700 yards wide) wooded area with trails behind them. I would love to be on their side of the street and imagine it’s worth a ton in home value. That said, the woods are thick and the trail is dead in the middle so most of the time you can not see people using it.

[Anonymous]

I think it's fine as long as you have a privacy fence.

[Anonymous]

It would be a big plus to me to back onto a park or trail.

[Anonymous]

My parents house (the one I grew up in) backs up against a trial and it has never occured to me to consider it a con. After reading the responses I can see why people would think it was, but it's never affected me growing up. We're visiting them this weekend and I was thinking how nice it was to just open up the fence and immediately be on it.

[Anonymous]

As long as we have a privacy barrier, huge pro. I do worry about kid safety from weirdos though. So maybe undecided.

[Anonymous]

If there is a buffer of trees, it would be a pro to me. We live 1 block from a trail, and other less obvious considerations are: more deer and insects from the woods. The deer come into my neighborhood and eat people's plants. Mosquitos and ticks are worse being near woods.