Board & Bear Mountains



Board & Bear Mountains, Highlands Trail (8/4/2007)

This 5-mile out-and-back hike is the first half of hike #25 ("Board Mountain Through Hike") from the book Hiking the Jersey Highlands (1st edition). The hike described in that book requires two cars. With one car, the hike can be broken into two halves. Doing so requires doing the given half twice (out and back).
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Trail head at White Road

Garter snake on Connector trail


He was a bit pugnacious



Humidity in the air

Sluggish slug

 

Frog mostly submerged

Dragonfly on Highlands trail


View of Monksville Reservoir from Board Mountain
 




Spider dragging something in its web

Descending Board
 


Hawk feather

Tiny toad

Tiny toad

Stonetown Circular blaze
 


View west from Bear Mountain

Wanaque Reservoir from Bear Mountain


 



Red eft

Our lunch spot

 


Swallowtail

View west from Bear Mountain


Windbeam Mountain and house on Windbeam Lane
 




Interesting Stonetown Circular blaze

 


Tiny mushrooms on log

Return view of Monksville Reservoir from Board


Monksville Dam
 


Greenwood Lake Turnpike from Board

Steep descent down Board


 

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