We entered from Bean Station Road just about three miles east from route 53, which is over ten miles south from the village of Naples just past Prattsburg.
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| Inside of the north trail register |
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| We traveled the orange trail clockwase around to the blue trail and back out again. |
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| bridge from the road to the trial (check for walking sticks to borrow if you didn't bring your own) |
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| The cemetery will be on your left just before a steady half mile climb up to Huckleberry Bog |
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| Cananda May Flower |
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| North trail register at the top of the hill |
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| remaining trilium |
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| star flower |
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| clubmoss |
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| clubmoss |
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| sarsaparilla |
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| flowering May Apple |
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| bracken fern |
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| Wegmans Passport kiosk |
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| Indian Cucumber root |
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| Hugging Trees: Red Oak and Hemlock |
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| Loads of Gaywings! |
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| Tupelo tree |
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| Pink Lady Slipper |
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| We saw at least 2 dozen Lady Slippers along the trails |
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| Indian Cucumber Root and Star Flower |
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| young solomom seal? |
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| poison ivy (this is the only bit we found) |
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| orange coated chesapeake bay retriever!! |
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| lots of medium Jack-In-The-Pulpits |
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| The trail was very well marked with 46 metal markers to correspond to the stops described in the guidebook |
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| plenty of Jewel Weed / Touch-Me-Not even without poison ivy sightings |
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| velco variety bedstraw |
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| more Gaywings |
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| A new one for me, Squawroot |
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| High bush Blueberries |
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| loads of wild geranium |
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| rather large snake |
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| spotted this garlic mustard closer to Bean Station Road - only one spotted (Yay!) |
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| honeysuckle (also near the road) |
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| lots of periwinkle/myrtle |
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| wild strawberries |
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| May Apple field |