Round Mountain (Southern Section)

Round Mountain, Southern Section (9/5/2011)

We hiked the northern part of Round Mountain in May of this year and decided to return today (Labor Day in the US) to do the southern part. We parked near the soccer fields in Deer Path Park (on West Woodschurch Road) and following this map did a 3.5-mile, extremely varied hike in under 2.5 hours. In fact, it was so varied that it had buffalo! Dozens of buffalo! No, they weren't on the trail, they were residents of the Readington River Farm, located on 937 Route 523 in Readingtown Township.

Crossing over West Woodschurch Road, we did the figure-8 consisting of the orange and red trails just north of the road. This figure-8 has a very nice brochure which explains 21 points of interest. In addition we headed east along the yellow trail to the Dobozynski Farm Park (not marked on the map, but nestled near the "P" in the bend of Woodschurch Road on the eastern part of the map. It was here (across Woodschurch Road) where we saw the buffalo.

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