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One of my hikes revealed some beautiful scenes along Big Poe Creek. The lush greens are captivating.
Hemlock–white pine–mixed hardwood forest along White Deer Creek, McCalls Dam State Park, Centre County–Union County line.
Subtle colors begin to paint an autumn landscape at a roadside rest along Route 322 on Seven Mountains, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
Bald Eagle State Forest, Union County.
Mile Run is a small, cobble-filled stream that empties into the much larger White Deer Creek. Along its length are many cascades and small waterfalls.
Bald Eagle State Forest, Union County.
Sand Spring Run is a scenic, fast-flowing mountain stream that joins White Deer Creek to the south. Along its banks are dense stands of hemlocks interspersed with thickets of rhododendron.
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McCalls Dam State Park, Centre County–Union County line.
White Deer Creek, a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River, flows for many miles in a broad, heavily forested mountain valley. Dense stands of hemlocks, white pines, and hardwoods shade the stream along most of its length.
Bald Eagle and Tiadaghton State Forests, Lycoming and Union Counties.
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Drove out to a place we had never been today to hike. Unfortunately, the trail was a stream with mud or ice around it. We walked for a long time, however, near a creek and on the snowy road. Hardly saw any people and the weather was perfect. Will return another day.
Bald Eagle State Forest, Union County.
Mile Run is a small, cobble-filled stream that empties into the much larger White Deer Creek. Along its length are many cascades and small waterfalls.
Northwest view from Riansares Mountain, Clinton County, within Bald Eagle State Forest.
Interstate 80 straddles the base of Big Mountain; Nittany Valley, flanked by Bald Eagle Mountain, stretches beyond the highway. The Allegheny Plateau is visible in the far distance.
West-to-southwest vista from the summit of Naked Mountain, Union County, along the Top Mountain Trail in Bald Eagle State Forest.
White Deer Creek, heavily shaded with conifers, flows through the broad mountain valley. From this viewpoint, the conifers largely trace the course of the creek. The yellows, oranges, and reds of the deciduous trees greatly accentuate the deep, dark-green canopy of hemlocks, pines, and spruces.
Nittany Mountain, with its many stream-carved gaps, rises to the north (right); Naked Mountain continues to the south (left). Other mountains fade into the distance.
Northeast view of the Allegheny Plateau foothills from Round Top, a prominent peak on Bald Eagle Mountain, Clinton County, along the Mid State Trail in Bald Eagle State Forest.
Trees and brush hide the view of the West Branch Susquehanna River as it meanders through the valley below.
Exit 199 (Mile Run) on Interstate 80 East, Union County, within Bald Eagle State Forest.
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Bald Eagle State Forest, Union County.
Mile Run is a small, cobble-filled stream that empties into the much larger White Deer Creek. Along its length are many cascades and small waterfalls.
West-to-southwest vista from the summit of Naked Mountain, Union County, along the Top Mountain Trail in Bald Eagle State Forest.
White Deer Creek, heavily shaded with conifers, flows through the broad mountain valley. From this viewpoint, the conifers largely trace the course of the creek. The yellows, oranges, and reds of the deciduous trees greatly accentuate the deep, dark-green canopy of hemlocks, pines, and spruces.
Nittany Mountain, with its many stream-carved gaps, rises to the north (right); Naked Mountain continues to the south (left). Other mountains fade into the distance.
Vernal pool, Bald Eagle State Forest, Union County, along the Merrill Linn Trail.
According to the Merrill W. Linn Land and Waterways Conservancy, the pools are pingo scars—water-filled depressions that formed during the last ice age when subsurface ice rose up through the permafrost and melted as the climate warmed.
Similar pingo scars are found farther south at the Halfway Run Natural Area.
Hemlocks, red pines, and white pines, Union County, within the Halfway Run Natural Area of Bald Eagle State Forest.
Bald Eagle State Forest, Union County.
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Bald Eagle State Forest, Clinton County.
The stream's source is a series of fast-flowing springs emerging from the mossy, talus-covered southern slope and base of Riansares Mountain. The stream flows southwest into the neighboring State Game Land 295 before emptying into Fishing Creek.
Old-growth forest, Snyder County, within the Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area of Bald Eagle State Forest.
Downed trees are a prominent characteristic of old-growth forests. As they decay, the trees release nutrients into the soil, provide habitat for wildlife, and become rich seedbeds for trees such as hemlocks and birches.
Bald Eagle State Forest, Union County.
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Interstate 80 West, Union County, within Bald Eagle State Forest.
Autumn view from nearly this same spot here.