This is the hike of the week for 5/6/2010
as described on the NYNJTC site. We hiked Lake Sonoma,
Overlook Rock and
Manaticut Point in the past, but on three separate occasions, and starting from three different
points. But a couple of new trails in the park allow all three to be visited in this nice circuit hike. The weather was unseasonably chilly in New Jersey today,
with highs in the low 50s. It was a perfect day for hiking.
*****WARNING***** Total distance covered today was 5 miles in about 3.5 hours. (Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger image in a pop-up window)
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Trail head on Crescent Drive |
It's an old woods road |
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[Photo by Laura] |
Off-trail overlook |
Sun is peaking through |
Trail side ferns |
Cairn |
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Lake Sonoma |
On southern bank |
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Useful little tree! |
Lake Sonoma from above |
View from western bank |
Stone island in lake |
High water mark? |
Lake Sonoma |
Cascade that wasn't cascading |
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Lake Sonoma |
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Skunk cabbage near bank |
Views opening up |
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Distant skyline |
Overlook Rock |
Bear Mountain |
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Resting at Overlook Rock |
Lake Sonoma below |
Young caterpillar |
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Bear Mountain |
On the Overlook trail |
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White blaze of Overlook trail |
Climbing the Hewitt-Butler trail |
View to the south |
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Mansion in the hills |
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Heading east on ridge |
Overgrown in parts |
Private pond off HB trail See WARNING in introduction |
On Northern side See WARNING in introduction |
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Caterpillar |
Our lunch spot See WARNING in introduction |
See WARNING in introduction |
Climbing to Manaticut |
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View south |
View from Manaticut Point |
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Long whaleback |
View to quarry |
Manaticut Point |
[Photo by Laura] |
Houses on Cresent Drive |
Quarry close-up |
Quarry |
Glimpse of Wanaque Reservoir |
Downhill |
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Woods road back |
Ends on Crescent Drive |
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