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This is hike #5 ("Culvers Gap & Stony Lake") in
Hiking New Jersey: A Guide to 50 of the Garden State's Greatest
Hiking Adventures (1st edition). The fall foliage was near peak in northern New Jersey so I took today off from work to enjoy the colors with my friend Andy.
And wow did we find color on the ridge and in the valley! Happily, despite the wind from Saturday, there were still more leaves on the trees than on the ground, though
they won't be up there long.
Total distance traveled today was 7 miles in about 4.5 hours. After 7 miles one deserves apple cider donuts and we found delicious ones at Ideal Farm Garden Center on Route 15 in Augusta, New Jersey. I have already eaten three as of this writing. I guess I'll have to go for another foliage hike this weekend.
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 The AT |
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 Starting the climb |
 A keeper |
 More climbing |
 Views open to the west |
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 Kittatinny Lake |
 The peak of the Acropolis trail |
 Getting our bearings |
 View west |
 Strangely, this rocky area ... |
 ... is not a vista on the map |
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 Heading east on the AT |
 View of Culvers Lake |
 View west |
 View to the DWG |
 Beautiful foliage on ridge |
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 Culvers Lake through foliage |
 View west |
 Andy surrounded by yellow |
 The blaze of the AT |
 Amazing rock outcrop with west view |
 View to Kittatinny Lake |
 View SW |
 View NW |
 View west of Stony Lake |
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 Lots of color |
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 The fire tower |
 Antenna tower |
 View of Andy and valley from fire tower |
 View SW from tower |
 View west |
 View of Andy |
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 [Photo by Andy] |
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 View west at Tower trailhead |
 Getting bearings at AT registry |
 A rocky colorful AT |
 Lots of leaf drop |
 On the Stony Brook trail |
 Bridge over brook |
 Small brook cascade |
 Another small bridge over brook |
 Stony Brook |
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 Gorgeous reds and yellows |
 Colors on Stony Brook trail |
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 Majestic pines |
 Carpet of leaves |
 Color among the pines |
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 Beautiful ground cover |
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 Nearing the lake |
 Picnic pavillion at Stony Lake |
 Reflections in Stony Lake |
 Canada geese bathing |
 Mushrooms near beach |
 Stony Lake |
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 Bridge on Stony Lake trail |
 Stony Brook |
 [Photo by Andy] |
 Andy surrounded by color |
 Fire tower from Coursen trail |
 Heading west on Coursen |
 Swamp off Coursen trail |
 Coursen trail near end |
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