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Outdoor Project
The ultimate adventure guide
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Entrance sign off of State Highway 41 to the headquarters, reservoir, cabins, and gristmill.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
The photogenic Glade Creek Gristmill during peak rhododendron bloom.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Winter along Glade Creek.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Inside the Glade Creek Grist Mill. The tour guide is very knowledgable.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
The park headquarters and gift store. It is at the parking lot for the grist mill.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Picnic shelter built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
One of the original 13 cabins built by the Civilian Conservation Corps along the ever noisy Glade Creek.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
One of the modern "economy cabins" on the top of the gorge.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
The forest floor deep in Mann Creek Gorge.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
The intense green of spring deep in Glade Creek Gorge.
Dave Kiel
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05/23/2019
On the drier plateau tops, the forest is more open. This is along the Twin Hollow Mountain Bike Trail.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Along Twin Hollow Mountain Bike Trail.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Forest floor flora.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Mountain laurel.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
One of the views along Skyline Trail in Babcock State Park.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
A viewpoint along Mann Creek Gorge Trail.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Stairs up the Skyline Trail that the Civilian Conservation Corps built.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Hard Nuttall sandstone forms most of the cliffs and rock outcroppings throughout the region.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Nuttall formation.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Nuttall sandstone formations.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Swinging bridge built on the old train bridge pillars along the Narrow Gauge Trail.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Mann Creeks Falls can be seen along Manns Creek or Narrow Gauge Trails.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Glade Creek above the Grist Mill.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Glade Creek below the swinging bridge descending into a deep trail-less gorge below.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
The park's reservoir and popular fishing location.
Dave Kiel
Photo Date:
05/23/2019
Most of the trails have good bridges across the many little creeks.