Terrace Pond



Terrace Pond (11/4/2006)

This is New Jersey Hike #14 ("Terrace Pond") from the book Take a Hike: New York City (1st edition).
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Leaves on the North Trail


Spotty fall foliage remains

Ascending the gas line cut


View west

Climbing Bearfort Mountain

Looking south

 

Houses northwest

View north

Laura's new hat

 


Long whale back

On a ridge fin


View southwest from fin
 


View west of valley

Rock lichen

Highlight of puddingstone

Clambering off the fin
 


Thin autumn ice

View of Terrace Pond from north end


 





Chipmunk
 



View of entire pond from northern end


Wet crossing on floating logs
 


On the rugged Circular trail

View of pond from east bank


 



Scratch marks and glacial errata

Brown-egg-like mushrooms

Yellow Dot trail, or Sunnyside-up trail?
 


Leave-less trees on Yellow Dot

A snap through the blaze

Most leaves are off the trees

 


Swamp on South trail

Last of the fall foliage

More puddingstone

View south from puddingstone ridge
 



Bright red blueberry bushes


 


Laura playing the moss piano

Pond from west bank

Our lunch spot

 



Second pass by the fin


Return of the tree-hugger!
 




Hawk

The gas line cut
 

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