Today’s walk was through an area just southwest of Leestown Road near Masterston Station Park.  This appears to be three separate subdivisions, though the bulk of today’s path was in the Spicewood subdivision.  This portion was built out in the early 2000s.  Even though the surrounding areas seem to generally be of a similar age, the area immediately northwest of Spicewood is currently still building and there are a string of undeveloped lots on White Oak.  One of the nice features of this area is that it has two connection points to the Town Branch trail.

I was also happy to see that this subdivision and many of its neighbors have moved away from the cul-de-sac philosophy.  Instead of many dead end streets, each street connects to multiple other streets.  One of the benefits is that the distance between two points is likely to be closer relative to two similar points in a cul-de-sac neighborhood, which is especially nice when one of the things you might want to walk to is a trail.