ABOUT THE PARK:
Stony Valley Rail Trail
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 40.526446, -76.537096
Stony Valley Rail Trail Parking off of Gold Mine Road, eastern side |
TRAIL MAP:
State Game Lands 211 Map 3
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HIKE DISTANCE: 5.4 miles total out and back
THE HIKE:
Heading east on the Stony Valley Rail Trail towards Lebanon Reservoir. |
Cascades coming down and heading towards Evening Branch, |
An orange marker every so often. |
Some railroad remnants. |
A little bit of wet trail but just the one time and that is after a week of multiple thunderstorms and lots of flooding in the area. |
There are several side trail down to Evening Branch. |
We'll be seeing this water later down at the reservoir. |
In the space between the rail trail and Evening Branch, lots of evidence of recent flooding by the debris hung up on tree trunks. |
Pictures of the raging water don't do it justice This calls for a video. |
Coming up on Lebanon Reservoir |
Just after the no swimming sign, a trail to the left ... |
... down to the reservoir. |
Lebanon Reservoir |
I think this might be the adult stage of those red efts that are always on the trail. They go back in the water as adults. |
Continuing on along the reservoir but there isn't much to see. |
The end, well, the end of how far you are allowed to go. |
Heading back to ... |
... that spot with the nice reservoir view. |
Taking a break here. |
We have some very friendly fish onlookers. |
Heading back. |
Back at the parking lot. |