On this beautiful early Spring day, Tredhed and I headed out to Nate Davis Pond in the Wilcox Lake Wild Forest. The pond, which isn't named on any topo maps, is located just south of Bakers Mills in SW Warren County
We arrived early this morning at the parking area on Bartman Rd. We were pleasantly surprised to see that the town had plowed the dirt road all the way to the parking area. :thumbs:
We quickly back tracked the .4 miles from the parking area to the gated Old Armstrong Rd.
We thought it was cool that someone had recently been skiing on the Old Armstrong Rd. Now that's solitude! :)
The old road was a nice walk through a scotch pine plantation and eventually across a small drainage. This is where we left the road and began our bushwhack to the pond. Soon enough, we picked up a blazed route through the hemlocks.
About halfway to the pond, we lost the blazes, but continued through some beautiful open woods.
Other than the occasional patches of hobblebush, the route was relatively straightforward.
In about 45 minutes, we were at the pond. The first views through a small swamp were rather nice.
We walked down the length of the small pond and admired the great scenery.
We then checked out what looked like an old campsite and eventually headed to see the huge beaver flow on the pond's outlet. The dead pines were very impressive.
After a short snack, it was time to head back. Instead of retracing our tracks, we decided to follow the bushwhack description in Discover the Southern Adirondacks. Soon enough, we came out of the woods on Bartman Rd. about 200 yds from the parking lot. A pretty good day to do two and a half miles of map and compass work in an under visited part of the Adirondacks. A short stop at George Henry's in Warrensburg for a pint of IPA put a fine cap on a great day in the woods.
We arrived early this morning at the parking area on Bartman Rd. We were pleasantly surprised to see that the town had plowed the dirt road all the way to the parking area. :thumbs:
We quickly back tracked the .4 miles from the parking area to the gated Old Armstrong Rd.
We thought it was cool that someone had recently been skiing on the Old Armstrong Rd. Now that's solitude! :)
The old road was a nice walk through a scotch pine plantation and eventually across a small drainage. This is where we left the road and began our bushwhack to the pond. Soon enough, we picked up a blazed route through the hemlocks.
About halfway to the pond, we lost the blazes, but continued through some beautiful open woods.
Other than the occasional patches of hobblebush, the route was relatively straightforward.
In about 45 minutes, we were at the pond. The first views through a small swamp were rather nice.
We walked down the length of the small pond and admired the great scenery.
We then checked out what looked like an old campsite and eventually headed to see the huge beaver flow on the pond's outlet. The dead pines were very impressive.
After a short snack, it was time to head back. Instead of retracing our tracks, we decided to follow the bushwhack description in Discover the Southern Adirondacks. Soon enough, we came out of the woods on Bartman Rd. about 200 yds from the parking lot. A pretty good day to do two and a half miles of map and compass work in an under visited part of the Adirondacks. A short stop at George Henry's in Warrensburg for a pint of IPA put a fine cap on a great day in the woods.
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