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This week we returned to the very same parking lot as last week to hike more trails in Allamuchy that we had never hiked before. And WOW was this a varied hike!
It didn't have the spectacular view of last week but plenty other things to recommend it. Using this
JORBA map we did a circuit that is a bit too
complex to describe here, so I've highlighted our track here.
We hiked it in the counter-clockwise direction.
Total distance hiked today was just over 6 miles in 3.5 hours with even more climbing than last week.
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 Creek near White trail head |
 A lone biker on the rail trail |
 Heading east on Byram trail |
 Gate at Jefferson Lake Road |
 View of Jefferson Lake ... |
 ... through backyards |
 Walking on Jefferson Lake Road S |
 Mist on lake |
 Views of ... |
 ... Jefferson Lake ... |
 ... from eastern bank |
 Jefferson Lake Road |
 Views of ... |
 ... Jefferson Lake ... |
 ... from road |
 Camp entrance |
 Readying our poles |
 Stream under Bike Path |
 Sturdy bridge |
 [Photo by Laura] |
 "Bike Path" is more like ... |
 ... a typical hiking trail |
 It even has warning signs! |
 Winding through the woods |
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 Broken boundary walls ... |
 ... on the Highlands Trail |
 Distinctive HT blaze |
 Sandy damage |
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 Beautiful bark |
 Local ridge |
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 Descending |
 Ferns |
 Lots of damage in parts |
 Mushrooms |
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 Mine |
 On woods road parallel to rail trail |
 Beautiful spot ... |
 ... within earshot of rail trail |
 Cascades |
 Stream at Iron Mine trail |
 RR overpass |
 Beaver work |
 Iron Mine trail |
 Grate over deep mine |
 Old mine equipment |
 Pulverizer? |
 View from another mine |
 This mine was ... |
 ... half way up mountain ... |
 ... on Iron Mine trail |
 Some steep climbing follows |
 And more climbing |
 Early fall foliage? |
 Drill marks in rock |
 Joining rail trail |
 Stream and pool off RR bed |
 Gorgeous reflections |
 View south on the RR bed |
 Exploratory pit on unblazed path |
 Unblazed path west of RR bed |
 RR culvert |
 Various views of ... |
 ... Lake Jefferson |
 Late summer turtles |
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 A beaver lodge at the bank |
 View east across lake |
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