Crow's Nest



Crow's Nest, Storm King State Park (6/11/2006)

This is Western Hudson Hike #16 ("Pitching Point") from the book Take a Hike: New York City (1st edition).
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Bobcat Trail

Buddha atop tall cairn

Meditating at tall cairn

Storm King behind 1999 fire damage


Skeletons on Howell Trail

Ascending North Ridge

Only grass has returned

 

Windy waves of grass

North Point

Breakneck Ridge across Hudson

 


View northeast

Route 293 on Storm King


 


Breakneck Ridge looms over Chalet on the Hudson



Fire damage
 


Blooming Mountain Laurel



 




Burnt trees at West Point

 


Storm King and Bannerman Castle

Route 293 and castle

Newburgh Beacon Bridge & Denning's Point

 


Breakneck Ridge



Burnt trees on North Ridge
 



Railroad beneath Storm King

Early blueberries

Birch saplings
 



View east to Cold Spring


Constitution Marsh in rear
 



Bull Hill across Hudson

Railroad at Cold Spring

View south to West Point
 


Steep descent



 





Passing train
 


Metallic mushroom

Giant mushroom


Stillman Memorial
 

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