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)
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| 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.
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| The white trail starts to the right of the parking lot entrance and service road. |
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| A view of Canty's Lake. |
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| 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. |
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| And right at that intersection, balloon #56 of the year. |
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| Continuing on white. |
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| The Cave Tunnel |
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| It's a little tight in there so we went around. |
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| A white-breasted nuthatch overhead. |
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| Views from the white trail. |
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| We turned left at the other end of yellow. |
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| Where white was very rugged with some up and down scrambles, yellow was more rolling hills. |
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| Uphill to ... |
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| ... 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. |
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| Heading back. |
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| Back at the other end of yellow, left to continue on white. |
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| New York City Skyline |
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| At the end of white, we went right a short distance to ... |
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| ... the new dam with ... |
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| ... a view of Canty's Lake. |
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| Just one mallard duck in Canty's Lake. |
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| Heading back the other way (would have been a left coming off of white) along a cove then ... |
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| ... across a ball field to red. |
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| Red is a wide gravel path. |
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| A side trail goes up to ... |
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| ... what used to be a view but is no more. |
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| Going back to continue on red. |
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| At the parking lot, left through a picnic area to ... |
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| blue, which is also a wide gravel path. |
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| Overlook at the end of blue. |
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| Heading back on blue. |
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| Straight through the picnic area and parking lot and just a short distance to ... |
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| ... the lot where we parked. |
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| 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. |
