I was out on Sunday exploring an old canal I found along time ago. I drove west along the Penn Central Railroad right-of-way passing some bogs:
I walked in along a narrow trail that passes a mature tree farm:http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.92702&lon=-74.47213&size=m&u=4&datum=nad83&layer=DRG
Something I noticed in this area was though there were alot of white oaks in the upland areas, alot were dead and dying.
Gypsy moth larve waiting for spring:
As i got closer to the "bogs" listed on both topo and google maps I saw large areas that had been excavated, I think this was a "borrow pit" to get the dirt needed for this irrigation canal which follows Mt. Misery Brook a little to the north.
On the other side of this canal was this beautiful lake:
I don't know who put this here, possibly the state?
Then hiking further southwest the canal gets further from the brook:
The road follows this canal for a while and I came to a nice clearing which had been dug out and there was this tree stand:
Then there is a small footbridge across the canal that must have replaced a bridge suitable for vehicles:
Now I am up on top of this berm and the canal is down about 5 feet. Some dead trees for Mark:
Finally this road ends where there used to be a bridge crossing the brook. There are some old wodden floodgates in the briars:
Canal re-joins brook:
To the west of this area is a cedar swamp with many impressive sized cedars, I'm guessing Atlantic White Cedars. There is a foot trail that goes out to Glasshouse Road, a bit north of the bridge over the brook.
A couple shots of the old railroad right-of-way that I love:
It was truely a great day to be out in the pines, I can't remember when I saw so many other vehicles on the main roads, and there were alot of legal dualsport motorcycles.
Thanks for your time. Tom
I walked in along a narrow trail that passes a mature tree farm:http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.92702&lon=-74.47213&size=m&u=4&datum=nad83&layer=DRG
Something I noticed in this area was though there were alot of white oaks in the upland areas, alot were dead and dying.
Gypsy moth larve waiting for spring:
As i got closer to the "bogs" listed on both topo and google maps I saw large areas that had been excavated, I think this was a "borrow pit" to get the dirt needed for this irrigation canal which follows Mt. Misery Brook a little to the north.
On the other side of this canal was this beautiful lake:
I don't know who put this here, possibly the state?
Then hiking further southwest the canal gets further from the brook:
The road follows this canal for a while and I came to a nice clearing which had been dug out and there was this tree stand:
Then there is a small footbridge across the canal that must have replaced a bridge suitable for vehicles:
Now I am up on top of this berm and the canal is down about 5 feet. Some dead trees for Mark:
Finally this road ends where there used to be a bridge crossing the brook. There are some old wodden floodgates in the briars:
Canal re-joins brook:
To the west of this area is a cedar swamp with many impressive sized cedars, I'm guessing Atlantic White Cedars. There is a foot trail that goes out to Glasshouse Road, a bit north of the bridge over the brook.
A couple shots of the old railroad right-of-way that I love:
It was truely a great day to be out in the pines, I can't remember when I saw so many other vehicles on the main roads, and there were alot of legal dualsport motorcycles.
Thanks for your time. Tom
