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Furball's not my name! Just an alias. This name is a personal joke amongst friends of mine, a swear word alternative if you will, but you can call me David.

Fig 1. The New Jersey record Atlantic white-cedar located at Nixon Branch, Cumberland County in southern New Jersey - is 9 feet 6 inches in circumference at breast height. This battered old tree (age estimated at 300 years) grows not far inland from Delaware Bay and has lost its top at least...

FL Pine Barrens The first card mentions "Crescent City", a small town (pop. approx 1800) whose moniker is "Bass Capital of the World"--and despite this label this area is not tourist season albeit "snow-bird"country--it is right on Rt. 17, a 2 laner, nice topography and "old Florida" feel, lots...

Memories Largo--a great post. My kids are 25 and 18 (taking my 18 yr old out in the canoe next week) and they are always telling me and my wife about how wonderful their memories are of going out in the pines, canoeing, birding at Brigantine (the name thing never really caught on for me...

It makes up for 6+ months of 90 degree weather, 90+% humidity, and every conceivable bug you can think of--and then some!!:cool:

Big Cypress,no. I live in Central Florida, about 30 miles southeast of Ocala National forest, and not far at all from the St. Johns River. Big Cypress is about 250 miles south of me--Florida, unlike NJ, is huge--about 600 miles from Miami to Pensacola!!!--I have been up and down and sideways...

Thanks everyone, and Piney Boy, I am coming up in late winter/ early spring to hook up with my best friend for some barrens exploring, revisiting places we frequented years ago. I'm looking forward to it. There's a lot of forest land here in Florida, but it's not really "preserved"--unless it's...

Nature conservancy Willow Grove lake comprises part of the headwaters of the Maurice River---back in the 90's, Dupont donated the land on the west side of Rt.55 which extends out north to Malaga Lake and on south, a nice tract of land. There are 2 feeder streams going into Willow Grove Lake...

Heislerville and East Point Lighthouse When my kids were small, we made a point of going to East Point Lighthouse, near Heislerville---the light was built in the 1800's, and in the fall the Monarch Butterflies and a host of others stage here before crossing the Delaware Bay during migration. It...

More intrigue! The cover of the newest edition (The Pine Barrens)--check it out on amazon.com. Does anyone know the history of the NAME of the place---does the grove of cedars to the southeast represent Bear Swamp? I can't find this named landmark on any maps---althought they do show a...

Thanks, everyone, these views are great! Someday I might get my hands on photos taken from BSH prior to the 1971 crash and demise of the tower. I believe the latest edition of McPhee's "The Pinebarrens" actually has a photo from the tower at BSH--you can see it at Amazon.com--I recently ordered...

thanks again Hay Boyd, is it possible to get another image facing southeast?

Thanks! OK, thanks Bob. I am curious about this view because I am well acquainted with the view from Apple Pie Hill, which to me is breathtaking. I am VERY curious how the view would be from a tower on a 200 ft. elevation hill overlooking all that beauty! I grew up in South Jersey. And yes...

Specifically, I would like to see photos of the surrounding terrain FROM (not of) the firetower.

Bear Swamp The tower really doesn't interest me, though even an observation platform to replace it would be cool; it's the swamp--any recent photos? Thanks everyone for your responses.:)

Bear Swamp Thanks, but I'm really interested in old or current photos of Bear swamp.

Does anyone know where I can obtain photos from the firetower (pre-1971 jet crash) at Bear swamp Hill? I was thinking that if I could get in touch with John McPhee, but don't have a clue how to get in touch with him. In the first chapter of his book, "The Pines", he mentions the view---my first...

I have to apologize straight off if this has been discussed in the past, I'm new and I'm sure it's been talked about. I literally grew up in the pines, and one of our favorite haunts was Chatsworth Lake. We often camped there, fished, and hiked up and down the roads that weave around it. A...

Thanks Everyone I did not bother to scroll down to see your discussion, I did transpose the numbers as you suggested, and I think it is amazing that out of ALL those photo's you guessed the right one. I can understand if Bob does not want to divulge its location. I too have a "secret spot"...

stream location?