Guess the Spot: Eastern US Edition

[Reef&Ruins]

Is it near State College, PA?

 

[zionsky]

Is it near State College, PA?

Not in PA.

 

[zionsky]

Not in PA.

I hiked to the top but you can also drive.

 

[John Morrow]

Table Rock NC? Scratch that , didn't read you could drive there....

 

[John Morrow]

Mansfield VT. If I am right I do not have any east coast pics to add....

 

[zionsky]

Mansfield VT. If I am right I do not have any east coast pics to add....

@John Morrow you are correct!

 

[John Morrow]

Well, this one is probably tough but it is the only photo I have:
I have no idea what I am trying to do here...
I can provide hints. The mountain in the background is regionally notable. Try to tell me where I am, it is a maintained trail to the overlook. A non-profit holds the land and maintains the trail. If that is too tough, then what is the mountain in the far distance? The view looks east.

 

[zionsky]

You mention a non profit so I will throw out a guess. Grandfather mountain

 

[John Morrow]

You mention a non profit so I will throw out a guess. Grandfather mountain

if that is the Grandfather Mtn down by Linville Gorge (I once hiked around its base on an Outward Bound hike in 1984). Then come north all the way to New England

This mountain overlooks a river (at a different overlook). That river flows S/SE, joins an even larger river, the larger river is between the overlook I am at and that mtn in the distance. However, it is not really visible beneath the low hills in the photo

 

[Titans]

if that is the Grandfather Mtn down by Linville Gorge (I once hiked around its base on an Outward Bound hike in 1984). Then come north all the way to New England

This mountain overlooks a river (at a different overlook). That river flows S/SE, joins an even larger river, the larger river is between the overlook I am at and that mtn in the distance. However, it is not really visible beneath the low hills in the photo

You usually go to Southern Vermont every year.... (Brattleboro, Vt or that area, if I recall correctly)? So we have been searching in Southern Vermont, New Hampshire- but we haven't figured it out yet
Maybe Mt Monadnock- but it doens't really look like it.

 

[John Morrow]

Correct that that is Monadnock in the distance! It doesn't quite look like it because it is far away.....Now reading the hints ought to be all bring it together.
Well, maybe. It is not a significant place but the hints help. It was the only pic I had!

 

[Janice]

So interesting - I haven't hiked Monadnock, but I learned about that mountain many years ago when reading a biography with my students about Amos Fortune, a freed slave who lived in Jaffrey. When you mentioned that the mountain was notable, I thought, "I wonder if it's Monadnock. That's the only mountain I can think of that's notable." But I figured there could be lots of notable mountains and assumed it was something else. Funny! I just looked up Monadnock and learned it's notable for lots of reasons that have nothing to do with Amos Fortune. But still...

 

[Titans]

Correct that that is Monadnock in the distance! It doesn't quite look like it because it is far away.....Now reading the hints ought to be all bring it together.
Well, maybe. It is not a significant place but the hints help. It was the only pic I had!

The hints brought it together John!

Next up: this is the view from what Mountain? The pond is named the same as the mountain.

 

[zionsky]

if that is the Grandfather Mtn down by Linville Gorge (I once hiked around its base on an Outward Bound hike in 1984). Then come north all the way to New England

This mountain overlooks a river (at a different overlook). That river flows S/SE, joins an even larger river, the larger river is between the overlook I am at and that mtn in the distance. However, it is not really visible beneath the low hills in the photo

It is. I remember the entire mountain being privately owned in the 70s. In the 80s the owners partnered with the NC land conservatory to preserve much of the backcountry. Around 2005, the state came in and took over most of the the park . Around 2010, the remaining areas of the park were transferred to the Grandfather Stewardship foundation.

 

[zionsky]

The proximity looks a little off but I'll hazard a guess. Sterling Pond & Mountain, VT

 

[John Morrow]

Hmm a long lake hanging above a valley. I feel like the view is NE but I have no real reason to determine that. If it were the case it'd be in the north/south trending ridge/valley region in VT. But looks like it could be Adirondacks too...
My reasoning is so flawed...I completely did not consider the Whites....

 

[Titans]

It’s indeed in Vermont, though Sterling Mtn is way too far North. Pretty sure the first view is towards the NE direction. Supposedly there’s a ridge trail from this mountain to the next Mnt north of it, so yes, generally its a north/south trending ridge.

 

[Reef&Ruins]

Stratton Pond? Thanks Google if I am right....

 

[John Morrow]

I am almost sure I am wrong but Lake Willoughby?

 

[Titans]

Not Lake Willoughby, way too far North, but I want to go there now after seeing photos

Stratton Mountain is fun and much closer, but still too far North of the mountain we hiked up. Keep moving south.

There's actually an additional pond, much smaller than the bigger pond in the first photo.
This would be a more SE view of the tiny pond: