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Vaughn Stream falls
Only one photo marginally worth posting from Saturday's (11/13) hike. A great day for a hike, but a poor day for photographs - bright and sunny, with lots of contrast problems.
Saturday's hike was with Bob Hamer, director of the Moosehead Chamber of Commerce in Greenville. Starting at 8:30 a.m., we were able to visit Secret Brook, Indian Stream and Vaughn Stream waterfalls, and still finished up by 2:30 p.m. Using Bob's GPS and in part by accident, we even managed to find a shorter, "cheat" route in to Vaughn Stream falls.
All three waterfalls need to have access trails developed, before they can become regular visitor spots. But the possibility exists to create a waterfalls itinerary that includes three great waterfalls, plus Slugundy falls, that could all be visited in half a day, on the way in from Greenville to AMC's Little Lyford camps and Gulf Hagas. Counting the main stream falls in upper Wilson Stream gorge, this would allow visitors to experience more than a dozen Wilson valley / Gulf Hagas area waterfalls in a single weekend.
Our "cheat" access to this particular waterfall brought us into Vaughn Stream a short distance above the falls pictured above. What became evident was that the falls above, while the largest on Vaughan Stream, are merely the exit falls from a gorge cut by this stream as it falls toward the Bodfish / Drew valley. The gorge above the pictured falls contains numerous other smaller waterfalls, a number of which may be well worth visiting and photographing in their own right.
Taken on the Appalachian Trail in Elliotsville township, Piscataquis County Maine.
Vaughn Stream falls
Only one photo marginally worth posting from Saturday's (11/13) hike. A great day for a hike, but a poor day for photographs - bright and sunny, with lots of contrast problems.
Saturday's hike was with Bob Hamer, director of the Moosehead Chamber of Commerce in Greenville. Starting at 8:30 a.m., we were able to visit Secret Brook, Indian Stream and Vaughn Stream waterfalls, and still finished up by 2:30 p.m. Using Bob's GPS and in part by accident, we even managed to find a shorter, "cheat" route in to Vaughn Stream falls.
All three waterfalls need to have access trails developed, before they can become regular visitor spots. But the possibility exists to create a waterfalls itinerary that includes three great waterfalls, plus Slugundy falls, that could all be visited in half a day, on the way in from Greenville to AMC's Little Lyford camps and Gulf Hagas. Counting the main stream falls in upper Wilson Stream gorge, this would allow visitors to experience more than a dozen Wilson valley / Gulf Hagas area waterfalls in a single weekend.
Our "cheat" access to this particular waterfall brought us into Vaughn Stream a short distance above the falls pictured above. What became evident was that the falls above, while the largest on Vaughan Stream, are merely the exit falls from a gorge cut by this stream as it falls toward the Bodfish / Drew valley. The gorge above the pictured falls contains numerous other smaller waterfalls, a number of which may be well worth visiting and photographing in their own right.
Taken on the Appalachian Trail in Elliotsville township, Piscataquis County Maine.