Hike #71; Warren County Ramble

 Hike #71

Me in Pohatcong Creek Natural area

Hike 71

 

10/8/2

 

I had been telling Cathy about the Warren Hills hike for some time now, so I decided to

bring her on it, now knowing the correct route to walk.

We begun as before, heading uphill through Beaver Brook WMA, only now with

beautiful fall foliage.

Spider web in Beaver Brook Wildlife Management Area

Ascending on a woods road in Beaver Brook WMA

View in Beaver Brook WMA

Beaver Brook WMA near Upper Sarepta Road

Caterpillar in Beaver Brook WMA

Pond on the northwest side of Jenny Jump Mountain

Fields on the northwest side of Jenny Jump Mountain, Hope Township

Mountain Lake NJ

Abutment to former Lehigh and Oxford Railroad bridge near Buttsville in Pequest WMA

Former Lehigh and Oxford Railroad bed south of buttsville

Former Lehigh and Oxford Railroad bed from East Quarry Road near Buttsville

Former Lehigh and Oxford RR bed near Oxford quarry

Former bridge site on Lehigh and Oxford Railroad bed

Former Pohatcong Railroad bed, Oxford

Former Pohatcong Railroad right of way, Oxford

Along former Oxford Iron Mines Railroad, Oxford

In Griffith Woods, Washington twp

Lake Marguerrite

Fairway Greens golf course, Washington

 

In Pohatcong Creek Natural Area

We were able to cross Jenny Jump Mountain much easier this time, but decided not to do

the long loop Tea Biscuit and I used previously. We made our way down, and walked a

section of path along Mountain Lake to a dead end street, then out the roads as we did

previously to Buttsville. Next, we began following the Lehigh and Oxford line south; we

asked the woman who lived at the farmhouse along the right of way if it would be alright

to pass through, and she said yes. We continued in through the meadows to East Quarry

Road, then made our way to the cornfields to access the next section.

Cathy was not up for jumping the bridge site as Tea Biscuit and I did before, so she

walked down and around.

We continued through Oxford and the Iron Mines Railroad to Jonestown Road, passed

through Griffith Woods and Lake Marguerrite, then Lannings Terrace as before. We

walked across the golf course to Pohatcong Creek Natural Area once again, and came out

behind Warren Hills High School. Rathern than walking the 2.5 miles back to our home,

we called my mom to come and pick us up. Still, we’d covered considerable distance!