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Source: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/8165
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<p>There is a trail (Not really a "trail" as such), adjacent to my appartment I am lucky to be by a 100m x 500m patch of earth (not an official park), that is not built on. <strong>Swerving from the trail, where people walk their dogs, there is a tiny opening, covered by a tree.</strong> I like it a lot and would like to maintain it.</p>

<p>Problem is, it is not a good neighbourhood. Once with a few friends we built a <a href="http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/swingtime-ceramic-tire-swing-bird-feeder-2.jpg" rel="nofollow">swing</a> and a bench, they were gone in less than 24 hours - apparently people with knives and heavy boots didn't like it!</p>

<p>By maintain I mean clear up the broken bottles and possibly even out the earth with a shovel.</p>

<p>Luckily, the opening isn't visible from the main "trail for dogs". Its a  clearly marked trail turn, but a 90 degree turn hides the destination.</p>

<p><em>My question is how can the trail turn be hidden?</em> </p>

<p>It doesn't have to resist careful inspection, but it should fool a couple of drunks, making them think twice about entering.</p>

<p>I visit the place with at most a couple friends at a time about twice a week. The broken bottles and other rubbish seem quite dug into the earth, therefore I doubt a great amount of people visit the place in recent years.</p>

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<p>EDIT:</p>

<p>As I was wondering which advice to adhere to, summer weeks passed and someone did it before me. They cleaned up some vegetation, constructed simple table and chairs out of thrown away furniture. The place is quite nice now for a good book, high above the evil ticks.</p>

<p><sub>So, I shall not accept an answer, because there is no way to judge what would have happened. But I like the answer about approaching from different angles the most :D</sub></p>