Showing posts with label NJ Silas Condict Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NJ Silas Condict Park. Show all posts

Sunday, December 23, 2018

Silas Condict Park, NJ


ABOUT THE PARK:
Silas Condict County Park - Morris County Park Commission

DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 41.003815, -74.384120

TRAIL MAP:
Silas Condict Park Trail Map - Morris County Park Commission (does not show the yellow trail)
Kiosk map showing the yellow trail.

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HIKE DISTANCE:  7 miles

THE HIKE:
Dan and Laura Balogh had hiked here on 7/29/18 and mentioned a new yellow trail that was not there when Shawnee and I hiked the white trail on 1/9/12.  So back we went to hike all of the trails.
The white trail starts to the right of the parking lot entrance and service road.
A view of Canty's Lake.
The yellow trail goes left at a bench and kiosk but I decided to stay with white to the other end of yellow then I could take yellow back to this point and decide if I wanted to go back on white or retrace on yellow.
And right at that intersection, balloon #56 of the year.
Continuing on white.
The Cave Tunnel
It's a little tight in there so we went around.
A white-breasted nuthatch overhead.
Views from the white trail.
We turned left at the other end of yellow.
Where white was very rugged with some up and down scrambles, yellow was more rolling hills.
Uphill to ...
... the end of yellow at the white trail where we were before.  My pinched nerve was really acting up so I decided to retrace on the easier yellow trail rather than take the white trail again. 
Heading back.
Back at the other end of yellow, left to continue on white.
New York City Skyline
At the end of white, we went right a short distance to ...
... the new dam with ...
... a view of Canty's Lake.
Just one mallard duck in Canty's Lake.
Heading back the other way (would have been a left coming off of white) along a cove then ...
... across a ball field to red.
Red is a wide gravel path.
A side trail goes up to ...
... what used to be a view but is no more.
Going back to continue on red.
At the parking lot, left through a picnic area to ...
blue, which is also a wide gravel path.
Overlook at the end of blue.
Heading back on blue.
Straight through the picnic area and parking lot and just a short distance to ...
... the lot where we parked.
Just as we got to the car I heard a siren and "HO HO HO" and turned to see Santa on top of a fire truck!  But I didn't get a very good picture. That Santa is too fast.