This is the first time we visited the Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain. It's a preserve with a barbell-like network of
trails: there's a western network
of trails connected to an eastern network of trails via the straight white-blazed Ridge trail. Today we hiked in the western section, parking on
Fiddlers Creek Road (nearest River Road/Route 29). We took the blue-blazed Summit Trail north to the Ridge Trail, making a left onto that trail and taking it west
to the red-blazed NW Loop trail. We took that that trail to is end at the Ridge Trail where we made a left. Here we saw the remains of a farm
with plenty of dilapidated structures, and a lovely little pond. We continued east along the Ridge until we decided to turn back, first visiting more remaining structures
near where "Drive" (on the map) crosses the Summit trail.
Total distance hiked today was 6.3 miles in approximately 3 hours.
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Interesting surface of parking lot |
Summit Trail |
Rocky stretch |
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Meadow on the ridge |
View to Pennsylvania |
The Ridge trail |
Phragmites |
Pennsylvania |
Survey marker |
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Delaware River |
Delaware River |
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Huge tree on Ridge trail |
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On the NW Loop trail |
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No Outlet indeed! |
NW Loop trail |
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Bumble bee |
Black vultures on barn |
Abandoned building |
Abandoned house |
Vultures on the roof |
Black vultures |
Abandoned barn |
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Farm pond |
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Well near pond |
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Well |
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Wrought iron gate |
Trees on Ridge trail |
Narrow trail in lower left |
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Power lines to abandoned farm |
View towards PA |
Our lunch spot on the ridge |
Abandoned bath tub |
Another abandoned house |
Road to visitor's center |
Barn |
Ted Stiles plaque |
Greenhouse |
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View towards PA |
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Private residence? |
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Visitor's Center |
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Pennsylvania in distance |
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Gorgeous tree trunks |
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Back on Summit trail |
[Photo by Laura] |
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Giant mushrooms |
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