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Location

In the woods on Bradford City Water Authority land

Participants

Pedalpusher
J

Expedition

I put off writing this for a long time because this was the first Geohash I went on where Simon the Dog was greatly missed; he would have loved this new area to explore. I don't remember a ton of details, one of which: why we went early and couldn't make an Official Sat Meetup. I do know that being a beautiful, sunny, summer day, J and I definitely wanted to get out for a good hike and this was a great opportunity.

I remember getting there and seeing a big parking area in front of the gate on the road going up and around toward the Geohash, but next to the parking area was some ongoing and active construction. I asked one of the guys in the excavator if it was ok to park where I did to make sure I wouldn't be in the way and he said it was no problem. After grabbing my pack and hiking pole, we headed up the hill to explore. I recalled (from the satellite view) we didn't have many turns on the trail although it did branch off in a couple places so we had to be a little careful. Once we were on top of the hills, the trail flattened out and we had an easier time of things and could enjoy the scenery. We came across a couple places where there were old holding tanks for gas/oil and some old drilling/pumping equipment. Some of it was quite rusty and we couldn't tell if anything was still in use. There's a lot of shale in southern NY and the Appalachian range in PA which holds a lot of natural gas.

Finally getting to the hash area, we found the area wasn't too overgrown, but J still decided to hang out on the main trail while I bushwhacked to the hash without too much difficulty. I was able to get a good reading and some pictures before we continued on for a little bit longer. When we got back to the car, there was a big dump truck that was maneuvering around to head out with a full load and it looked like the other construction guys were also wrapping up for the day. I considered walking across the road to the small lake/dam and checking that out, but with the extra bit added on the end of our hike, we were ready to just head home.

Photos

Signs indicating the public has access to these lands with some restrictions.
We mostly followed this main 'road' up toward the Geohash where we eventually branched off onto more of a minor access road.
Made it!
Accuracy.
There's J on the trail just to the South.
View East from the hash.
View North.
View West.
Standard Stupid Grin with J in the background.
View of the Hash as I made my way back to the trail.