go camping by myself

I plan to go to my local park (only a few minutes from my house/civilization in case of emergency) and stake out a good area. All I’ll bring is myself, a tent, sleeping bag, matches, tools (knife, hatchet, machete), books, and a meager bit of food. My main motivation is to get closer to nature and a self-reliant lifestyle, but also I want to escape from the distractions of technological life. I plan on working on my fire-making skills, possibly setting up some animal traps (for squirrels mostly), and generally just introspecting and reading.