I am sure I've been by this park many times before, but I do not recall this vide of Newcomb Overlook Park. Truth is it probably was a long time ago at this point, when I was hiking Goodnow Mountain or Vanderwhacker Mountain, and did not spend much time looking at the peaks, like I did on this cold late November afternoon.
Saturday November 29, 2025
Ice piles up as the Boreas River splits briefly as it approaches Hewitt Eddy.
Saturday November 29, 2025 — Hewitt Eddy Trail — Hewitt Eddy (Boreas Loop) Trail 🗺
The black water of the Boreas River from the tannin definately looked a bright brown color in contrast to the willy white fresh snow all around it.
Saturday November 29, 2025 — Hewitt Eddy Trail — Hewitt Eddy (Boreas Loop) Trail 🗺
Tannin in black water of the Boreas River had such a brilliant brown color this time of year.
Saturday November 29, 2025 — Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest — Big Pond Trail 🗺 — Boreas Railroad - Moose Club Way To Northwoods Club Road 🗺 — Boreas River 🗺 — Bullet Pond And Horseshoe Pond 🗺 — Roosevelt Truck Trail 🗺 — Stony Pond 🗺 — Vanderwhacker Firetower Trail 🗺 — Vanderwhacker Road Campsites 🗺 — Wolf Pond Trail 🗺 — Wolf Pond Trail Ortho 🗺— PDF with All Maps 📚
I always like seeing these old Conservation Department markers. I am not sure how many of them are actually 55 years old at this point, and how many were "new" old stock, that had been sitting in a warehouse for years before they were installed. Painted aluminum might be fairly indestructible compared to the plastic markers of recent decades, but I can't imagine the original markers from late 1960s would still look this good after all those years. The DEC replaced the Conservation Department on April 1, 1970.
Saturday November 29, 2025 — Hewitt Eddy Trail — Hewitt Eddy (Boreas Loop) Trail 🗺
