Monday, May 7, 2012

Sunday Warren/Sussex Ridge and Valley Area Hike!


Hey everybody!
Our next hike will be another awesome point to point trip in the Ridge and Valley vicinity.
For those of you who loved the Ridge and Valley Trail from the AT to White Lake, you will probably love this one! It focuses on the same geological province, but in it's southernmost sections, which has slightly different terrain.
We will be meeting once again at White Lake. Rather than at my house, we'll use the main parking lot this time, on Rt 521 just north of Blairstown. Hopefully it will be nice weather so we can go and sit on the dock afterwards.
Here are the GPS coordinates for the parking lot:
Lattitude: 41° 0'7.43"N
Longitude: 74°55'0.12"W
We will be meeting at 9 am at this point. The parking lot is lined with white fences and is just a few miles north of Blairstown on 521. It is directly across the street from the historic stone Vass Farmstead.
We will shuttle as few cars as possible to Whittingham Wildlife Management Area. We'll follow a route through many different preserves and abandoned railroad beds, with short road walks in between some of them.
Included on this trip are also the Dark Moon Preserve, Johnsonburg Swamp Preserve, Frelinghuysen Forest Preserve, Gnome Hollow Preserve, Paulins Kill Valley Trail, and of course White Lake Natural Resource Area.
The route offers interesting limestone rock outcroppings, a couple scenic vistas, an old truss bridge, and much more!
Everyone should bring plenty of water, and don't count on there being any food stops. There is one deli that I think has been closed, so everyone should probably be prepared with a lunch.
If there are any further questions, feel free to contact me (M'ke) at sneezehorse@hotmail.com or at 908 343 8374

M'ke

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