Post by jmitch on Sept 15, 2016 21:31:53 GMT -5
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I recently went on a hike through the Snyder Middleswarth and Tall Timber Natural Areas in the Bald Eagle State Forest. The natural area protects an old growth forest that had never been logged, and was home to massive hemlocks that were 150 feet tall and over 400 years olds. Sadly, many giant hemlocks have died from the wooly adelgid. There are still some large trees. Regardless, it is a beautiful, isolated place- offering forest hiking at its best with small streams and rhododendron jungles. Nearby is the impressive vista of New Lancaster Valley, a broad, sweeping forested valley surrounded by mountain ridges.
