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High Point, Norvin Green State Forest (8/11/07) This is hike #18 ("High Point - Iron Mines Loop") from the book Hiking the Jersey Highlands (1st edition) but down in a clockwise direction. (Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger image in a pop-up window)
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 Sandra Ramos's purple quonset hut near trailhead |
 Close-up |
 Pines along the first leg |
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 New warning sign at Roomy Mine |
 Front of Roomy Mine |
 Laura inside |
 And further inside |
 Top entrance from inside |
 Looking towards entrance |
 Yes, we crawled through that |
 Proof! |
 High Point from above Roomy Mine |
 Another side entrance |
 Very rocky descent from top of mine |
 Blue Mine |
 Blue Mine |
 Bridge over Blue Mine Brook |
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 Wildflowers near High Point summmit |
 Wanaque Reservoir in background |
 Manhattan skyline |
 Red-tailed hawk |
 Highlands trail to summit |
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 Almost at the top |
 Lying on a pentagram! |
 Spike marks the highest point |
 Descending |
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 Plaque for Barry K??ombrozo |
 Our lunch spot! High Point! |
 Wanaque Reservoir from High Point |
 Manhattan skyline |
 Graffiti |
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 Descent |
 Errata on Hewitt-Butler trail |
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 Mushroom on Hewitt-Butler trail |
 Another nearby |
 Orb-shaped spider web |
 Beautiful wall of rock |
 Tiny toad |
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 Another bridge over Blue Mine Brook |
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