Ogden Mine Railroad
Last week we hiked in this WMA in the woods west of Edison Road. Today we returned to hike the abandoned railroad bed of the Ogden Mine Railroad as far as it goes south before coming into private property just north of Glen Road. It's a beautiful path, nearly 2 miles out and then 2 miles back for a nice, relatively level 4-mile walk in the woods. But instead of retracing the entire railroad bed, on our return we twisted and meandered on woods road (many of which are not on NYNJTC Trail Map 126) in the section east of the railroad bed adding two more miles, with a bit of elevation gain.

Total distance today was 6 miles in just over 3 hours.

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Entrance to Edison trail

Fresh rain drops

Taking previous pic [photo by Laura]


Climbing to RR bed


Ties of RR bed

A spike!

 

Beautiful green path

Another spike

Ties still in place

Crossing Edison Road
 


RR bed south of Edison Road

Beautiful cut

It was misty in the cut

 



Interesting spider web


Log balancing
 


Heading south

Two spikes

Mushrooms

How did that grow?
 


RR bed is elevated high in parts

Mine off trail

Frog in mine

Mine from other side
 


Mine frog

Another mine frog

Another spike on path

Giant lichen (compare to ferns)
 


Tiny eft hiking the RR bed

Tiny bright red mushrooms

Ties thrown to the side

Powerline cut
 


Red-tailed hawk on pylon

Passing through Mountain Laurel

Downed tree hopping [photo by Laura]

Very narrow path
 


Private pond at end

Taking a tiny breather

Heading back north

Following an unofficial white path
 


Climbing on "white"


More mushrooms

Woods road intersection
 


Big boulders off RR bed

Huge tree mushrooms


Boulder on RR bed
 


Downy woodpecker



 


Remains of ? at end of woods road

New trees from dead trunk

Life is unstoppable

Creek
 


Concrete pipes

Bright lichen

Beautiful lawn of ...

... big mansion off woods road
 



Very short Edison Road walk

Stone lanes of ...

Edison Mine storage facility
 


Climbing in ...

... to have a look


 

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