DuPont State Forest Hike
Transylvania County, NC
Friday, October 21st, 2016
Hooker Falls
However, in recent years DuPont State Forest has become more and more well known and has gotten WAY to crowded for my taste. Plus a handful of Darwin Award Nominees have caused forest officials to litter the more popular areas of the park with Caution Tape, Barricades, and Do Not Enter Signs!
Because of all this DuPont has lost some of its appeal to me and it has been close to 5 years since my last visit.
I decided I wanted to try to hit the Fall color at DuPont, so I took Friday off from work to avoid the weekend crowds. I still ran into quite a few people but it wasn't overwhelmingly crowded. And it was a beautiful day for a hike!
I ended up hiking almost 16 miles hitting many of the highlights along the way.
GPS Track
Here are some of the photos from my hike (in order):
Hooker Falls
The Low Water Level gave this one even more character!
The Lower Drop of Triple Falls from the base
Triple Falls from the Overlook
The base of the Middle Drop of Triple Falls
High Falls
High Falls
The Low Water Levels made it much easier to get to this side of the creek.
First time for me taking a photo of this waterfall from this vantage point!
Black Snake along the trail
view from the top of High Falls
The DuPont Covered Bridge
Lake Dense
Lake Alford
Summit Lake (aka Lake Julia)
The DuPont Barn
Bridal Veil Falls
Me at Bridal Veil Falls
view from the top of Bridal Veil Falls
view from the Bridal Overlook
view from the end of the Airstrip
The end of the DuPont Airstrip
Summit Lake (aka Lake Julia)
The DuPont Boathouse
The DuPont Boathouse
Looking up at some nice Fall Color
Joanna Mountain above Lake Julia
Lake Imaging
The obligatory stop on the Caesars Head Overlook on the Drive Home
view from the Caesars Head Overlook
view of Table Rock Mountain from the Caesars Head Overlook
The complete set of photos is posted here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8146392@N05/albums/72157672085197484
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