Favorite Photos: Scenery #1

As we end up the year, I’m going to go through the favorite
pictures that I’ve taken and posted here.

To begin with, a first look of some scenery photos from my hikes.

Here’s the lake at Zaleski State Forest. It was formed by the railroad berm through the low area just before the railroad went through the Moonville Tunnel. From the post Moon River.

Bear Hollow Lake, and Old Railroad Bed

Here is the “Standing Stone” at Lancaster. This is a knob of resistant Blackhand Sandstone. The photo was taken from from about 5 miles away, at Rock Mill Dam (up the Hocking River). From the post Three Knobs. Standing Stone was also the site of the Indian village of Hockhocking, or French Woman’s Town, and the terminus of the “Standing Stone Trail”, which I wrote about in Clear Creek Indian Trails.

Mt. Pleasant, or “The Standing Stone”

Next up is the hillside at Salisbury Hill in the Forry Preserve outside of Newark. I just happened to catch this on a glorious fall day. From the post Salisbury Hill — Follow the LiDAR (Part 2).

Getting Higher (in more ways than one)

Here’s the “vulture” at Vulture Point in Hocking Hills. From the post Vulture Point and Airplane Rock.

The “vulture” of Vulture Point

Let’s move to my trip Out West This is Fajada Butte at sunset in Chaco Canyon. From Ode to a Campsite.

Fajada Butte

This is the ridgetop trail at Boch Hollow. What I liked about it was its peacefulness and that it reminded me of a Hobbit trail going ever on and on. From the post Bochfoot.

Hilltop Trail

Next up is the back of a small recess cave at Lake Hope State Park and Zaleski State Forest. This is coal country, and you can see the small coal seam in the back. This was from when I did Barefoot Bushwhacking.

Matching Coal Seam

How about a look at the waterfall leading off of Snortin Ridge Lake Dam? I saw this on an off-trail guided hike at Clear Creek Metro Park. [Reminder, you must stay on the trails at Clear Creek unless accompanied by a Ranger on an official hike.] I showed this picture in A Snortin’ Good O’Meara O’Vencha Hike.

Snortin Ridge Farm Falls

Here is the waterfall at Weinkoop Cave (another recess cave). This is just off the Bridle Trails in Hocking Hills. From Cooler Air, Warmer Ground, Wetter Water.

Weinkoop Waterfall

Here’s the view along a trail in Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest. The thing I like about this trail is that it is so typical of southeastern Ohio. I can think of very similar looking sections in Clear Creek Metro Park and Zaleski State Forest. If you dropped me in any of them at those locations it would take me quite a while to figure
out which one I was in. This is from the post Where the Heck Am I?.

Raccoon Creek Overlook

Let me finish up today with another recess cave. This one is Kline Cave in the Hocking State Forest near Cantwell Cliffs. It is in the post Kline Hollow Keratin.

West Branch Kline Hollow

I hope you’re enjoying this look back at some of the places I’ve visited.

Barefoot, of course.