Bumfagger Hill and the Stonehouse Forest

A friend of mine had brought this to my attention a while back. So today I decided to check out this funny named hill and forest network system.

The road for the parking is right off Rt. 202. The primary parking at the kiosk was full so I had to park in the overflow lot I passed on my way in. It is just a hundred yards from the main lot.

Weather was really nice. A few bugs

Started up the hill on a gated road. The trail kind of meanders through the woods a bit till I came to a junction. I took this little scenic detour loop over to the ledges.

This trail had multiple viewpoints of the Stonehouse Pond below. There were a few other people around, so I didn’t stay long.

I circled back around to the main trail and continued up. These trails were very well maintained and used by mountain bikers.

The trail leaves the park boundaries for a little bit. There is a small cairn at the top of Bumfagger Hill.

Continuing on the trail it eventually re-enters the Stonehouse Forest boundaries and connected with the Overlook Trail.

I passed the other side of the Ledges trail I was on earlier and started to go around Stonehouse Pond. Even though I knew I was going around it I couldn’t see the pond from the trail.

I ended up on the Locke trail that was just a short walk back to the car. There is also a trail I didn’t go down near the lot that leads to a swimming rock.

My time was limited so I opted for the smaller loop around the property. I’ll come back and do the larger one on another day. Maybe even bring my kayak and drop it into the pond.