ABOUT THE PARK:
Lord Stirling Park - Somerset Country Park Commission (check web site for trail closure dates)
NO DOGS ALLOWED
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 40.695239, -74.520271
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TRAIL MAP:
Lord Stirling Park Trail Map - Somerset County Park Commission
Lord Stirling Park, NJ at EveryTrail
HIKE DISTANCE: 6.4 miles
THE HIKE:
The trails start to the right of the Environmental Education Center; I headed right to start and returned from the left. |
A trail register and maps a short distance ahead to the right. |
Singing with a beak full of food. |
Branta Pond |
Red Trail |
Most intersections have a map showing where you are so it's hard to get lost, |
Mourning Dove |
Esox Pond |
Yellow Trail |
Passaic River |
Somebody made a nice hole in a dead tree for a nest but can't see very far into it. |
East Observation Tower |
Passaic River from the East Observation Tower |
He landed on my top! |
It's not every day you see an emergency call box on a trail. |
Some lingering fall foliage, |
Three miles of boardwalk through the park. |
Hairy Woodpecker |
Hawk |
The Dance Floor |
Boondocks Boardwalk |
Northern Flicker |
The part of the boardwalk that skirts La Plus Grande is currently closed. |
A trail through the woods detours around. |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Blue Jay |
The Great Swamp Oak |
Lots ... |
... of geese ... |
... and airplanes ... |
... flying ... |
... over. |
West Observation Tower |
Grasshopper |
Remember all of those geese flying over earlier? |
Their layover spot. |
Back at the Environmental Education Center |