"Completed Acropolis trail on the south side of 206 and returned to the Culver’s Gap parking lot just as the sunset. Driving up Sunrise Mountain Road, I stopped at the Tower Trail, put on a headlamp and hiked as fast as I could to the top. Anything to spend more time in the woods! The twilight view did not disappoint!" — bruno-osb • Nov 17, 2022

"Perfect Autumn day for this HP. Traveled over from Delaware the day before. Number 18 for us in total. Parked at the bottom car park and walked up a quick half mile trail. Was very busy at the top as most people just drive up and park. A really nice monument was built there but closed on the day. Beautiful views all around." — CravinoCrew • Oct 23, 2021

"Started at Stony Lake and hiked Tower Trail up to AT, then AT along the ridge to Sunrise Mountain, took Blue Mountain connector down to Blue Mountain, to Tinsley, and from Tinsley hiked back to where I was staying. Of note, I had an up close encounter with a porcupine just below the summit of Culver’s Ridge!" — bruno-osb • Oct 9, 2021

"Started at Stony Lake and hiked Tower Trail up to AT, then AT along the ridge to Sunrise Mountain, took Blue Mountain connector down to Blue Mountain, to Tinsley, and from Tinsley hiked back to where I was staying. Of note, I had an up close encounter with a porcupine just below the summit of Culver’s Ridge!" — bruno-osb • Oct 9, 2021

"My original plan for this trip was to drive up New Jersey's two highest peaks -- High Point and Sunrise Mountain -- before spending the bulk of my time in Pennsylvania. As it turned out, I got a little hiking in on both mountains. Emphasis on the word little. For Sunrise, I walked a little over 1/10th of a mile on the famous Appalachian Trail. And for New Jersey's highpoint, I did roughly three miles between the Monument Trail and the state park road. The biggest workout I got was trying to run up the steps inside the 220 foot obelisk-shaped monument while wearing the required facemask. That proved to be no easy task, unlike the Monument Trail that I hiked afterward! In spite of New Jersey's reputation for being an unfriendly state, everybody I encountered out there was pleasant. I would say that my home state of New York is more deserving of its bad reputation! This brings me up to 13 U.S. state highpoints. In the near-term, I'm going to see if I can knock out a few more within driving distance in case I decide to move to another part of the country next year. Looking at Google Maps, I would put six of them (VT, CT, RI, DE, OH & IN) within reasonable driving distance -- though ..." — theascent • Sep 19, 2021