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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:48 am
by eddy
I've never done the stars at cherry springs but I've fished in those parts. if you get the time, drive down to Hammersley wild area. Just an awesome place.
My brother spent the weekend here and loved it. We are staying in a cabin around coudersport for a few days. Our plan is to check out cherry springs park for stars, but we wanted to go to the pa grand canyon. Is there a good way to drive through this for views? From what I can tell, looks like Leonard Harrison State Park and Barbour Rock overlook are the places to check out for views. Anyone know any other specific spots to check out?
If you go south of there, check out Hyner View, off 120 between Renovo and Lock Haven. Take your hang glider.
Uncovering PA is a pretty decent resource for different places to check out.
www.uncoveringPA.com
Perfect, I think we'll hit this up on the drive in and check out the other views the next day
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:52 am
by eddy
Much thanks everyone. I think we'll do Hyner side and work our way up 44 to coudersport on way in and then venture over to Colton/Barbour Rock/Leonard Harrison next day
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:59 am
by MrKennethTKangaroo
AMERICA
f yea
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:44 am
by Ad@m
Have any of you guys hiked the Thousand Steps Trail?
http://trailvistas.com/trail/thousand-steps/
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:45 am
by eddy
Not yet, it's on our schedule for fall
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:02 pm
by shafnutz05
Not yet, it's on our schedule for fall
Going to Juniata College and growing up in Altoona, I have done this hike many times.
It is an absolutely beautiful view of the Juniata River valley. The steps themselves are actually a part of the Standing Stone Trail, an 80 mile roughly north/south trail that is supposed to be phenomenal. Very active community too:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1448906822007403
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:03 pm
by shafnutz05
My wife is taking the kids up to her parents in New York for the weekend. I think I am going to wake up at the crack of dawn Saturday and do this with our dog:
http://www.midatlantichikes.com/pulpitrock-pinnacle.htm
It will officially be my first mile on the Appalachian Trail.
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:13 pm
by eddy
My wife is taking the kids up to her parents in New York for the weekend. I think I am going to wake up at the crack of dawn Saturday and do this with our dog:
http://www.midatlantichikes.com/pulpitrock-pinnacle.htm
It will officially be my first mile on the Appalachian Trail.
Looks nice, might see some Rattlers
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:17 pm
by shafnutz05
My wife is taking the kids up to her parents in New York for the weekend. I think I am going to wake up at the crack of dawn Saturday and do this with our dog:
http://www.midatlantichikes.com/pulpitrock-pinnacle.htm
It will officially be my first mile on the Appalachian Trail.
Looks nice, might see some Rattlers
That's my one hesitation...with all of the rock scrambling, that does make me nervous. More so for my dog than me, although all the reviews say it is a great place to bring the pup.
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:59 pm
by robbiestoupe
Just got back from Hocking Hills in Ohio
Myth: Ohio is completely flat.
Some really neat caves and gorges in the park. If it wasn’t the middle of hell on earth, there are apparently plenty of waterfalls as well. If we didn’t have 3 little ones, would have had a chance to explore some of the longer trails.
No chance for cell service or WiFi so it was really nice to disconnect from all the madness for a few days
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:22 pm
by MrKennethTKangaroo
I only spent about a half a day at hocking hills but would definitely go back
Very cool area geographically. If you look at a map w/ terrain, it stays hilly (like west virginia hilly not pittsburgh hilly) in a stretch from like chilicothe up to a few miles north of stueubenville (the burb of the burgh). canton is on that line between hills/plains too. its kind of cool
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:51 pm
by robbiestoupe
What’s even more amazing is that the glaciers didn’t reach the area so the lakes and hills were all formed by different means.
Hocking hills may be a regular occurrence for this family. Not much around there beyond the park but that doesn’t bother me
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 12:15 pm
by shafnutz05
My wife is taking the kids up to her parents in New York for the weekend. I think I am going to wake up at the crack of dawn Saturday and do this with our dog:
http://www.midatlantichikes.com/pulpitrock-pinnacle.htm
It will officially be my first mile on the Appalachian Trail.
Looks nice, might see some Rattlers
No rattlers! Great hike this morning. 8.5 mile loop, about six of which were on the AT. Unfortunately it was foggy up at the Pinnacle but still beautiful. My 8 year old doodle did great. Everything I read said that it was about a 4.5 hour hike, but we were back in a little over 3 hours, even with stopping at both vistas for 5 or 10 minutes.
Glad I got there at dawn.... Parking was insane when I left.
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:08 pm
by dodint
Not on Garmin Connect? Never happened.
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:13 am
by shafnutz05
Not on Garmin Connect? Never happened.
I'm starting to get annoyed now. I was excited to check out my elevation and stats from the hike. It was 20,000 steps which is crazy.
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:56 pm
by Beveridge
Did your doodle kill any wild life babies?
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:44 am
by eddy
Pa grand canyon was incredible. Cherry springs was mind blowing. We made reservations to go back up in the fall already.
Here's a couple night sky pics I got, you can see neowise on the last one
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:18 am
by eddy
@RonnieFranchise
Hyner was breathtaking, there was a paraglider there ready to go, but wind conditions went bad as he was getting ready to go and scrapped the jump. Thanks for the heads up on this place, we'll make it part of our first stop going forward anytime we are up there now.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:16 pm
by shafnutz05
That's awesome @eddysnake!! Bucket list item is for me to travel up to Cherry Springs in the late fall or winter when the sky is cold and as clear as it gets.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:08 pm
by eddy
That's awesome @eddysnake!! Bucket list item is for me to travel up to Cherry Springs in the late fall or winter when the sky is cold and as clear as it gets.
Yep, it was an incredible experience. We just booked an October stay at a lodge right next to cherry springs with 8 acres so we can enjoy the last of the milky way and foliage from our own place. There was probably close to 100 people there on Tuesday night. It was marvelous.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:11 pm
by RonnieFranchise
Awesome @eddysnake glad you liked it! One of my favorite places from when I was a kid.
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 7:25 pm
by dodint
Hiked the Grove Run Trail at Linn Run for the first time today. Fantastic weather. 4 mile loop, took us about 2.25hrs on account of the 800ft ascent and stream crossings.
Great day. Looking forward to going back and checking out Fish Run and Quarry Trail soon.
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:42 am
by shafnutz05
Waking up at 530 tomorrow AM to take my daughter up to the ST to do the Pinnacle/Pulpit Rock loop. She's probably a little young for it, but the good news is that the first two miles are by far the worst.
I blasted through this hike when I did it with the dog (averaged close to 3 mph, even with lengthy stops at both of the vistas) so already mentally preparing myself for a much more leisurely pace tomorrow
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:28 am
by eddy
Waking up at 530 tomorrow AM to take my daughter up to the ST to do the Pinnacle/Pulpit Rock loop. She's probably a little young for it, but the good news is that the first two miles are by far the worst.
I blasted through this hike when I did it with the dog (averaged close to 3 mph, even with lengthy stops at both of the vistas) so already mentally preparing myself for a much more leisurely pace tomorrow
What app do you use to record this? Hope you had a nice hike, beautiful morning here out in western pa
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:45 am
by dodint
Garmin Connect, I believe.