The forest is home to more than just affluent hikers and their flawless sport utility vehicles. It is also the natural habitat of many woodland creatures worth keeping an eye out for:

Bears: These gentle giants will kill you the first chance they get, so make sure to stuff your pockets with their one weakness—cheesecake.

Beavers: For their ability to construct habitats out of wood, these paddle-tailed rodents are perhaps better known by their nickname, "bark-chitects."

Chickens: If you see a chicken, you may have stumbled onto the property of a local farmer or the grounds of an unkempt petting zoo. It happens to all hikers eventually, and—good news—there is probably a bathroom nearby.

Deer: These gentle nongiants are nature's horses. Approaching a deer will only frighten it away. Instead, remain perfectly still until the peace of nightfall, when the forest will become safer for both of you.