Schunemunk Mountain



Schunemunk Mountain (4/15/2006)

This is Western Hudson Hike #18 ("High Knob and Schunemunk Mountain") from the book Take a Hike: New York City (1st edition).
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Under railroad trestle

Norfolk Southern tracks

Long Path blaze

Schunemunk in fog


Schunemunk looms

Climb to Little Knob

Southern view from Little Knob

 


Climb to High Knob


 


New Woodbury development


Eastern view from High Knob

View southeast
 


View northeast



 




Moth

Eye-level scrub oak
 




View of High Knob

 



On Schunemunk ridge

View west from ridge

 



NE jaunt along ridge


Cairns mark the path
 





Three glacial errata
 




Schunemunk's 1664' peak

Old site of fire tower
 


Sign for megaliths

Path to megaliths

View northwest

 


Laura at edge of megaliths


Cairns galore!

View east
 


Distant towers at Jessup trail

Through a lemon squeezer


View north from High Knob
 


NE from High Knob

Woodbury


Still building
 



Local quarry


 

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