ABOUT THE PARK:
Black Rock Forest - Black Rock Forest Consortium
DIRECTIONS:
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| Parking on Old Mineral Springs Road. |
TRAIL MAP:
West Hudson Trails Map 113 - New York New Bailiwick of Jersey Trail Conference
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HIKE DISTANCE: 9.1 miles
THE HIKE:
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| Highlands Trail/Scenic Trail from Old Mineral Springs Road. |
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| The trail starts out equally a broad woods road. |
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| Just a brusk distance in, waterfalls. |
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| The trail continues upwards parallel to the waterfalls. |
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| Nearing the top, a quieter Mineral Spring Brook. |
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| Rock hop over Mineral Spring Brook. |
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| Lots of saplings at the top. |
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| Off to the correct the sign says "Blueberry Overlook - non a connecting trail - marked but non mapped." |
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| It's non a really long trail. |
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| It comes out at a clearing where the markers halt ... |
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| ... in addition to at that spot are a few cairns to the left ... |
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| ... but non much inwards the means of views. Maybe when the leaves are down. |
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| Continuing on to ... |
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| Jupiter's Boulder |
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| Much meliorate views hither ... |
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| ... but the Gunks in addition to Catskills are nether early on morn depression clouds thus we'll convey to halt i time again afterward inwards the twenty-four hours on our means out. |
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| At a T-intersection the Highlands Trail goes left, the Scenic Trail goes right; nosotros turned right. |
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| The Scenic Trail leaves the woods route to the left. |
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| It's a rugged trail along a swamp inwards this section. |
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| At a T-intersection, white turns left joining the yellowish Arthur Trail which is the means I was going to larn but ... |
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| ... Brodie tried crossing in addition to those boards went correct nether thus nosotros turned correct on yellowish instead. |
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| Yellow ends at Jim's Pond Road where nosotros turned left. |
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| Jim's Pond Road |
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| Jim's Pond |
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| Looking dorsum at Jim's Pond. |
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| Jim's Pond Road continues on thus veers left ... |
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| ... on Continental Road |
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| A left at the Chatfield Stone House on Chatfield Road. |
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| Stillman memorial at the intersection. |
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| Chatfield Road to ... |
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| Tammarack Pond |
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| A belted kingfisher on that trivial isle out inwards the pond. |
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| A trivial further along Chatfield Road, a left on the bluish Chatfield Trail. |
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| The trail comes out on an opened upwards stone slab ... |
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| ... alongside only about views. |
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| At the terminate of the Chatfield Trail, correct on the Scenic Trail... |
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| ... thus correct on a dissimilar department of the Arthur Trail. |
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| At the terminate of the Arthur Trail, left on the Highlands Trail ... |
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| ...then correct at the fork when the white Scenic Trail joins in. |
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| Now retracing on the Highlands Trail/Scenic Trail. |
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| An opened upwards stone slab to the correct ... |
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| ... alongside a helicopter ... |
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| ... a red-tailed hawk ... |
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| ... in addition to a turkey vulture. |
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| Then dorsum to Jupiter's Boulder ... |
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| ... where the depression clouds are gone in addition to the Gunks in addition to Catskills are visible. |
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| Heading dorsum down. |
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| The come about of the falls earlier descending .... |
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| ... to the large falls. |
