Tag: Balanced Rock

Sandstone Peak – Mishe Mokwa Trail Loop & Tri Peaks (Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Strenuous Hikes2 Comments

Sandstone Peak, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, September 2023 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area comprises a patchwork of individual parks and open spaces—pockmarked by encroaching development—in the rocky and rugged highlands above Malibu, Los Angeles, and the San Fernando Valley in southern California. Even with the vacation homes and mansions lining the mountain …

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Devil’s Lake Loop (Devil’s Lake State Park, WI)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Strenuous Hikes, Wisconsin6 Comments

West Bluff Trail, Devil's Lake State Park, July 2022 It’s not too often that visitors are able to walk in a mountain range with rocky bluffs dating to 1.6 billion years ago, in addition to a rare freshwater endorheic lake—a body of water situated in a natural depression with no external drainage. And yet one …

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