Sandy Creek Covered Bridge

Location

Sep 16

Sandy Creek Covered Bridge is a small location surrounded by woods, has a small creek running through it, and its main attraction is the beautiful, red covered bridge that extends over the creek. If you’re looking for a short session, Sandy Creek Covered Bridge is the perfect location for you.

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The Best Part About Sandy Creek Covered Bridge

It’s not just a covered bridge, it’s also a beautiful, wooded area with a creek you can dip your toes in. The creek can either have a rock background, or you can have the covered bridge in your background. Depending on what part of the creek you stand, you can either stand on a gravel bar or in the weeds.

There are some spaces that are perfect for getting the woods specifically as your background. You can either sit on a big boulder near the parking lot, stand in front of the woods that surround the park, or even cross over to the other side of the covered bridge to find a small pathway that’s surrounded by trees and plants. You can even sit on one of the few picnic tables that are within the park to get a beautiful, wooded background.

Around the creek grow tall grasses that are perfect to stand and pose in. These are great for modelish style poses where you gaze off into the distance, or even look at the camera and laugh. You can do similar poses in the small patches of weeds, but you can sit in them instead.

The highlight of Sandy Creek Covered Bridge is the covered bridge itself. It’s perfect for leaning against the white fence that leads up to it, and getting the covered bridge in your background, or you can even step inside and take some portraits standing in the middle of the bridge. You can also sit or lean against the sides of the bridge for a full, architectural wood background.

What to Expect Each Season

Spring

Spring brings new life to Sandy Creek Covered Bridge. With trees and wildflowers blooming, now is the perfect time to catch all the beautiful light green colors that surrounded the covered bridge. The creek water may still be cool though if you’re thinking about standing in it.

Summer

All the color has returned to the park and the creek water will feel great on your feet during the hot summer. With all the plants having regrown, you’ll even find some tall grasses to stand and pose in. This also means the pathway will be full of life now that the plants have color again. You may even find a few wildflowers blooming.

Fall

Fall is the perfect time to head down to Sandy Creek Covered Bridge. With the covered bridge being red, it fits in perfectly with the fall colors. Since the area is surrounded by woods, you’ll find lots of beautiful fall colors engulfing the area and plenty of leaves falling on the ground. The path will especially have leaves scattered around.

Winter

Since there are so many trees around Sandy Creek Covered Bridge the only thing with color will be the covered bridge itself in the winter. During a good snow, this park can transform into a blanket of white. The covered bridge will pop out in the white snow and will make for beautiful snowy portraits.