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Sunday March 6, 2022 BA Meetup
Additional
details will be announced via IHC E-MAIL NETWORK one week before the
event.
Sunday March
13, 2022 Stokes State Forest Ramble
Strenuous
Starting at Stony Lake we head
out on the Lackner to Kittatinny Lake, up Jacobs Ladder to the AT and head back
along the ridge with a stop at the Acropolis. Fire Tower to the descent back to
the parking lot via the Tower trail. 8 miles total.
Leaders: Mike Roulier 201-522-0259 MROULIER@PATELLAWOOD.COM
Jill Wilson 973-879-0531 SUNSHYN812@GMAIL.COM
Meet: 8:30 AM—Start: 9:00
Stony Lake Parking, Stokes
State Forest, Coursen Rd, Sandyston, NJ 07826
From I-80 West Exit 34B: Take Rt-15 north about 17 mi. to
Rt-206 (Rt-15 ends). Continue straight on Rt-206 north 6+ mi. towards Culvers
Gap and AT trail crossing sign. Proceed an additional ½ mi. and the Park
Entrance is on the right off Rt-206. Drive by the Ranger Station (Warm John’s)
on Coursen Rd about 2 mi, bear sharp right at T intersection to Stoney Lake.
Then continue ¼ mi to parking lot on left.
Park
Entrance: 30 Rt-206, Branchville, NJ 07826 GPS Park Entrance (41.1843,
-74.7974)
Stony
Lake Parking: Coursen Rd, Sandyston, NJ 07826 GPS Meeting Place (41.2031, -74.7732)
Sunday March 20, 2022 Washington Valley Park
Moderately
Strenuous
Washington Valley Park is only 3 miles long, but it
contains very steep and hilly terrain. Starting at Chimney Rock Park, we will
head down a wooded ravine, zig zag through the woods, pause at the Hawk Watch
and then continue down past Buttermilk Falls. We finish our 7+ mile hike with a
circular return through a pine forest and around a pretty reservoir. There will
be 2 water crossings. Early out is possible halfway through the hike.
Leader: Sue
Bennett 732-735-8895 JERSEYHYKER@YAHOO.COM
Meet: 9:30 AM Chimney
Rock Park, 739 Chimney Rock Road (Rt-525), Martinsville NJ 08836
From I-287 South: Take I-78 east 3.5 mi. to Exit 33. Take Rt-525
south to Martinsville, about 3¼ miles, then turn left at T junction with
Washington Valley Rd. Proceed east 2 blocks to next traffic light. Turn right
on Chimney Rock Road (Rt-525). Park entrance is on left just after Loft Farm
condominiums. Park Entrance GPS (40.5948, -74.5616)
Sunday March 27, 2022 Rockefeller Preserve in Westchester
Moderately Strenuous
Rockefeller State
Park Preserve offers quiet countryside walks of all lengths through forested
hills and valleys surrounding sunlit pastoral fields. Thirty miles north of New
York City, the property is the former Pocantico Hills and Rockwood Hall country
estates of John D. Rockefeller family and William Rockefeller. The trails
of the Preserve are crushed stone carriage roads laid out by John D.
Rockefeller Sr. and Jr. in the first half of the 20th century. Let’s see what
we can find along the trails of Rockwell Hall. Hike is around 8 - 9 miles.
Leader: Paul Ferlazzo
973-979-2010 P_FERLAZZO@YAHOO.COM
Meet 9:30 AM Rockwell Hall at Sleepy Hollow, Phelps
Way, Pleasantville, NY 10570
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