Where are the views on the AT in NJ???
Are the views good near Catfish Pond?? Rattlesnake Pond?? Sunrise Mountain??
Where are the views on the AT in NJ???
Are the views good near Catfish Pond?? Rattlesnake Pond?? Sunrise Mountain??
There are several outstanding locations views off the AT in NJ. One personal fav of mine is Sunrise Mt. at dawn (or pretty much anytime on a clear day). Also several miles farther NB there is the lookout platform and Monument @ High Point State Park. You can see some spectacular vews of the Delaware River as well as for miles and miles into NY, NJ, and PA. Enjoy, and Happy trails!
faarside aka WhiteHorse
Faarside aka WhiteHorse
"... The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep... Miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost
.....Someday, like many others who joined WB in the early years, I may dry up and dissapear....
Over the years I quoted many people who claimed that if some regulation or law were not adopted Maine would "become just like New Jersey."
When I walked through in 1993, I felt like I should apologize.
However, the claims were not all mass-hype. The through roads Maine people take to get to southern parts pass through some pretty ugly portions of New Jersey. The trail, however, was surprisingly pretty and wild.
Weary
Sunfish Pond
Sunrise Mountain (sunrise on other side of pavilion)
View over Culver Lake
Catfish fire tower
Rattlesnake Mountain
Pinwheel Vista
Pochuck area bog bridge (long one with fields of flowers)
High Point Monument
Wawayanda beach (just off trail)
Bearfort ridge - puddingstone ridgewalks with pines and cool rock formations - unique terrain
Grand view (Just into NY)
Too many to count. NJ is beautiful!!
Happy hiking!
TTF
My first section hike was DWG to Unionville as a 15-yo in 1973. I still fondly remember Sunfish Pond, Catfish fire tower, Culver Lake, Sunrise Mountain, and High Point Monument. Several years ago I had the opportunity to finish off the long-standing gap in my coverage from Unionville to Warwick Turnpike, and had a lovely early breakfast atop Pinwheel Vista on a pretty morning.
GA←↕→ME: 1973 to 2014
.....Someday, like many others who joined WB in the early years, I may dry up and dissapear....
Thanks!!! I am starting "my" trip on Saturday.
New Jersey was a very pleasant surprise. Sunfish Pond with mountain laurels in full blook was quite nice. The views from the ridges were also good as well.
Many people felt the same way.
Like many people, my vision of NJ is along the turnpike. Chemical wasteland!
The AT goes through a very rural and pleasing area.
Enjoy!
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I'm pretty sure that would have been me, although I think it was at the Wawayanda Shelter when I was out for a day hike after work. I've only heard of one other "Kerosene" who lives in Kentucky I think but isn't a regular AT hiker, and there's a "Kerosene Charlie" who joined WhiteBlaze in 2005 but only posted 8 times.
GA←↕→ME: 1973 to 2014