Camping at Duck Pond

On the maps of Burnt Rossman, and in the plan for this area, there is a primative campsite. While unmarked there, there are two developed campsites along the pond with stone-built campfire places, and some places where horses have been staked down in the past.

Campsite at Duck Pond

 Bubb And Sis Lakes Trail

Duck pond which is mostly a swamp, is quite pretty in the evening. The bugs really weren’t that bad.

Duck Pond at Night

Cleaning up after dinner in the evening.

Camping at Duck Pond

The wildflowers where in full bloom in late June when I was camping out there.

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Near the campsite is a monument commemerating Charles Hopkins, the first Forest Ranger who maintained these 13,000 acres of state land.

Camping in the Mountain Laurel

In the morning, I drove south toward Blenhium on the rather rough part of the Duck Pond Truck Trail, which becomes much rougher after Duck Pond.

Rough Lower Section of Burnt Hill Road

While I camped out there all night, I only saw one car in the morning driving by.

Here is a map of Duck Pond at Burnt Rossman.

3D Map: Burnt-Rossman Hills State Forset
Map: Burnt Rossman Hills State Forest - North
Map: Burnt Rossman Hills State Forest - South
Thematic Map: Burnt Rossman Hills - Land Cover
Photo: Trashy Shooters
Photo: Looking Glass Pond has been refilled
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Photo: Camping at Duck Pond
Photo: White Pine Sway in the Breeze
Photo: Headwaters of Cole Brook
Photo: Daisies
Photo: Cole Brook
Photo: View from the nature trail
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