Black River from Cooper Mill to Willowbrook
BLUE trail along the river (very scenic, lots of people take this pleasant walk but don’t go very far) then to Kay Environmental center. 14.8 miles.
Trail Blogs
Trail Blogs are casual posts about a particular hike, sometimes with a seasonal focus. They don’t contain the detailed step-by-step instructions and information that our hike guides feature.
For example – the hike guide for Mt. Tammany has detailed instructions but also links to the multiple Trail Blogs about our various hikes up Mt. Tammany over the years (i.e. “Mt. Tammany and Sunfish Pond in the Fall“).
Garvey Springs to AT North – out and back
Took ORANGE up steeply for 1 mile. Arrive N of Sunfish Pond and pick up the AT here. We followed it N where it follows the ridge. 16 miles (new record)
Sterling Forest – Allis Trail to AT North out and back
Wouldn’t recommend this route, traffic noise at parts, trail wasn’t bad, a little overgrown and grassy, just not very scenic. We wanted to get some basic miles in to train for a trip so it met its purpose, but wouldn’t go again.
Sterling Forest – Sterling Ridge Trail
Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail which was very nice and a couple nice viewpoints. Arrived at the Fire Tower and climbed that for nice views.
Water Gap – Mt. Tammany to Fire Road to Sunfish to Green
Hiking Mt. Tammany to Sunfish via the Fire Road and returning by Dunnfield Creek.
Pyramid Mountain in July
Very hot out but not as bad hiking as we thought. Starting to prep for fall hiking.
Harriman in January 2008
Since it was Saturday and hunting season, we headed to Harriman where there is no hunting.
Norvin Green
Forgot North Jersey had gotten snow several weeks earlier, and it had been too cold to melt.
Terrace Pond
Explored a couple unmarked that were on our trail map and stumbled upon two black bears.
Long Pond Ironworks – Highlands to Lake to Lake
Hiking an out-and-back on the Highlands Trail over the New York border.
Long Pond Ironworks – Hewitt Butler, Horse Pond, Burnt Meadow
Hiking above Monksville Reservoir on Hewitt Butler, Horse Pond, and Burnt Meadow.
Harriman in August 2007
Headed up towards the viewpoint and there, smack in the middle of the trail by a nice flat seat sized rock, was a 3 foot long rattlesnake.
Gap – Sunfish and Beyond
From the usual Dunnfield parking lot, took the green to sunfish, then turquoise around north end of the pond, picked up the AT.
Wildcat Ridge – Farny Highland
Walked up road and picked up trail… criss crossed several I don’t remember. Rerouted because of a bear sighting.