Overhead view of a forest floor covered in dry autumn leaves, with sticks arranged to spell “1400” to show the distance along the Appalachian Tral.

The Appalachian Trail, 1400 miles northbound. Somewhere in New York State.

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A shallow stream curves past mossy rocks in a quiet forest, with fallen leaves, bare trees, and a low stone wall along the bank.

Van Campens Brook flows over mossy rocks and small ledges beneath tall trees, with fallen branches crossing the water and patches of green moss.

A porcupine curls in a dense tangle of branches high in a tree. Three hours later on my way back it was still there

Brink Road, an old paved road now overtaken by moss, runs uphill through a bare forest

#HikingLog 23 #Pennsylvania. Delaware Water Gap. Van Campens Brook.

Slowly increasing distances. Beautiful creek in a scenic gorge, two waterfalls, several smaller cascades. A very lazy porcupine.

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Late autumn. A long birch tree arches over the old forest road surrounded by bare trunks and mossy rocks.

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#Catskills. Warner Creek Trail.

Gloomy day with low clouds and snow on and off. By 2 p.m. it became noticeably dark. Not a single other hiker all day. A tedious hike with not many pictures.

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A forest road covered in orange and yellow autumn leaves, with a long reflective puddle in the middle.

#Catskills. Bearpen mountain.
The fall is almost over.

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Rocky, mossy, layered cliff bands in a Catskills forest, with bare trees and fallen brown leaves scattered across the ground.

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#Catskills. Tremper mountain Fire Tower via Willow Trail.

On the way to the tower the #cliffs of Hoyt Hollow.

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Clusters of bright orange jelly fungus on a tree trunk in a snowy forest, with frosted branches in soft winter light.

#Bright orange jelly fungus in snow-covered forest.

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Sunburst through hemlock trees. Gmolden rays fan across green leaves and mossy forest floor.

Evening sun in a #forest

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#Catskills. Kelly Hollow

Trailhead: Kelly Hollow TH
Distance: ~4.5 miles
Ascent: ~500 ft
Highlights: Easy #hike along old farm roads. #Streams, bridges, #waterfalls and #ruins
Notes: This area must be beautiful in full autumn foliage.

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Mossy stone foundation and winding stone walls in a leaf-covered forest. Bare gray trunks rising around it on this cloudy autumn day

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#Catskills. Rochester Hollow.
Stone walls and foundations lie quiet in the hollow, last traces of farms and a proud house, now overtaken by the forest and slowly buried beneath fading autumn leaves.

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Autumn trail lined with trees where two hikers walk toward a bright horizon under big white clouds. Minnewaska carriage roads

The road to the sky
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Snowy carriage road beneath the overhanging cliffs of Battlement Terrace, Minnewaska State Park, with footprints and bare trees under a blue winter sky. In

Carriage road curving beneath the overhanging Battlement Terrace Cliffs, Minnewaska State Park, lined with trees with brilliant yellow-orange fall foliage.

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A song of Ice and Fire
#Minnewaska. Battlement Terrace

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An autumn trail leading into the forest, past a blue-blazed birch and golden foliage on a clear sunny day

Sunlit autumn hillside forest with golden-orange leaves and a slope covered with ferns in the Catskills

An abandoned forest road along Belle Ayre ridge, flanked by trees in fall colors with a fallen tree in a distance

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Abandoned Ulster–Delaware Railroad line covered in fallen leaves and surrounded by autumn forest. Rusted rails run through a narrow cut in the hillside, surrounded by tall trees glowing in shades of yellow and orange.

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#Catskills. Northern slopes of Belle Ayre mountain. Cathedral Glen

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Hiker ascending the rocky upper trail to Cascade Mountain under a partly cloudy blue sky as the path turns to open stone near the summit.

Expansive view from the summit of Cascade Mountain, with broad gray rock slabs in the foreground and layers of forested ridges fading into distant blue peaks under a cloudy sky

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Cascade Lake, Cascade Mountain, Porter Mountain, #Adirondaks

Where the forest ends the mountain begin - the trail to Cascade's summit

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A small untrailed waterfall in Minnewaska flowing over rocky ledges, surrounded by leafless trees and patches of ice in bright winter sunlight

Hidden #waterfall in #Minnewaska cascades over mossy ledges.

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