Prospect Rock



Prospect Rock, Appalachian Trail (5/5/2007)

This out-and-back starts across the street from the Greenwood Lake Marina, climbs the State Line Trail to its end and takes the Appalachian Trail north into New York on Prospect Rock to "Grand View" and beyond.
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Brook bed

Moss

Climbing State Line Trail


Lightning bug

Laura with Greenwood Lake through trees

Lichen

The Love Trail?

 



AT registry

Pines on the basalt bottomed AT
 


AT survey marker

Laura straddles NJ and NY

A black lizard hides in that cairn

 


Spring blooms on Prospect Rock


Making our way to Grand View

Fox Island in Greenwood Lake
 


Boat on Greenwood Lake

View south from Grand View


View east into Sterling Forest
 




Pontoon plane

View north from Grand View
 




Marina on Greenwood Lake

 




A rat snake fight! See their heads?

Another view of the clinch
 


The victor watches the other flee


A pine alley

 



Sprouts on the AT

Swamp close-up

 



Waterfall off the AT


 


Looking north

Our lunch spot

Lunch!

 


Labradoodle at Grand View

Speed boat on Greenwood Lake

Four hikers with four dogs

 




Intersection of AT with State Line trail

 



Tiny frog jumped across our path


Dan with marina in back
 

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