On Cushetunk Mountain
8/7/5
Round Valley with Fred Hafale, Jim Delotto, Fred Mader, Steve Sanbeg, Felisa Kulba, Jude Shabrach, and John Spiridon
This is another one the original journal got lost to the fire..
The only newcomer as I recall was Fred Mader.
We met in the morning at a township park on Sand Hill Road near Round Valley Resevoir and shuttled cars around to the other side, Cushetunk Mountain Nature Preserve in Hunterdon County.
Taking a break on Cushetunk Mt.
On Cushetunk Mountain
Cushetunk Mountian Nature Preserve
Cushetunk Mountain Nature Preserve
On Cushetunk Mountain
Cushetunk Trail
Round Valley Reservoir from Cushetunk Mountain
Round Valley Reservoir from the east end
Round Valley Reservoir, east side
Round Valley Reservoir
Round Valley Reservoir, east side
Round Valley Reservoir
Round Valley Reservoir
Round Valley Reservoir
Round Valley Reservoir
Round Valley Reservoir
Picnic at Round Valley
Picnic at Round Valley
Picnic at Round Valley
Cushetunk Trail at the south side of Round Valley
Cushetunk Trail at south side of Round Valley
Cushetunk Trail, south side of Round Valley
Cushetunk Trail at the south side of Round Valley
View from the Cushetunk Trail on the west side of Round Valley
Round Valley Reservoir
Sled hill at Round Valley, me running up it
Running up the Round Valley sled hill
Round Valley Reservoir
Sled hill at Round Valley
View from the sled hill at Round Valley
View from the sled hill at Round Valley
View from the sled hill at Round Valley
Running down the sled hill
View from the beginning of Cushetunk Trail, Round Valley
Round Valley
Round Valley
Round Valley
Beach at Round Valley
Beach at Round Valley
Me at the Round Valley beach
Round Valley Reservoir
Round Valley
Round Valley
Taking a dip
Taking a dip
Round Valley
Round Valley Reservoir
Round Valley Reservoir
Round Valley Reservoir
From here, we started walking up the main trail which led to the top of Cushetunk Mountain. I had never followed the trail along the ridge to the right from here, or north, which the state park map showed going through, so we went this time. It let to a chain link fence, and so we followed this down hill to the side of the resevoir because the map showed a trail going along down here as well. We could'nt really find it, but we continued back south along the shore until a trail sort of showed up anyway. We then continued on the lower Cushetunk Trail around the resevoir, stopping for lunch at the pavilian along the shore. The lower trail, which I had'nt really hiked before just went by the campsites before rejoining the main Cushetunk Trail around the lake that I'd already followed.
We continued on this until we reached the visitor's center. I stopped and ran up the mowed path to the left that led to a view of the resevoir in the one direction, and south over Hunterdon in the other. We then headed to the beach area which was crowded bad. I went for a swim anyway and then we were off into the rest of the trail system. I think we followed Pine Tree Trail to the waterfront trail to continue around. Either way, we did get there and I took a dip in the resevoir for a bit. We continued along until we got to the levee near the boat launch. They had blocked this off since my last visit, but we just walked around it to get out. When we reached the other side's road, there was a ranger there that was friends with Fred so we chatted a bit. We then continued out and walked the road until we got to Sand Hill. From here, most everyone cut out except I think Fred Hafele, Fred Mader, Steve, and myself. We walked the perimeter trail, which pretty much just followed fields, through this preserve and back to the parking area.
In Clinton Township park near Round Valley
Here's a link to all of the pictures from this hike:
http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q13/sneezehorse/hike183%208-7-5/
Bales in Clinton Township park near Round Valley
Along the fence at the east end of Round Valley
Cushetunk Trail, south side of Round Valley
spent most of my summer here in 1979 working for the Y.A.C.C.we built a horse trail about mid way up the hill that surounds the resavour. probably long gone by now.
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