It's no secret that I love the trails up at the Hamburg Reservoir. But on the 6th of this month, I decided to push myself a little harder, put the camera away, and take a hike that covered a little more ground than I usually manage with my eye to a view-finder. So I grabbed a map from midatlantichikes.com and hit the road.
It's an easy enough loop hike considering you have a designated parking area, well-blazed trails, and two major scenic overlooks to enjoy along the way.
But true to Pennsylvania's AT fame, it is a smidge rocky in parts...
...and the elevation gain left an out of shape person such as myself going a little slowly up the hills.
A few miles along the ridge after the Pulpit, the map basically said, "Take the blue blazed spur at the biggest cairn you've ever seen to get to the Pinnacle," and they weren't kidding!
So of course this baby cairn gave me a giggle immediately after seeing the Mt. Everest of trail markers.
Some view. :)
Finishing up down at the reservoir was a treat on such a still day. The lake looked like glass.
Definitely eager to do this again soon, but maybe adding in the distance to Hawk Mountain as well. We'll see!
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