Showing posts with label PA Damascus Forest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PA Damascus Forest. Show all posts

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Damascus Forest, PA


ABOUT THE PARK:
Damascus Forest - Damascus Township
Trails of the Upper Delaware River Valley - National Park Service

DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 41.635278, -75.062915
Large parking lot at the trail head.

TRAIL MAP:
Damascus Forest, PA at EveryTrail

HIKE DISTANCES:
These four hikes all done in one day along with a scenic drive from one to the other.
   SGL 316, PA - Cobey Pond - 2.5 miles
      drive 9.3 miles/20 minutes to
   Damascus Forest, PA - 1.5 miles
      drive 26.4 miles/53 minutes to
   Bouchoux Trail - Jensen's Ledges, NY - 2.5 miles
      drive 34.5 miles/57 minutes to
   Tusten Mountain Trail, NY - 3.5 miles

THE HIKE:
Straight ahead to the left of the board to access the trail.
Entrance to the forest.
View in the power cut.
Trail in the power cut.
Majestic hemlocks.
A race?
Descending to the wetlands.
Wetlands on the right.
Back through the power cut.
Old growth hemlocks on the right.
Coming up on the end of the trail.