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<\/div>\n\nBlack Mountain and the Silvermine Lake loop are very popular in the summer due to the Silvermine Lake parking area has location for picnicing. You do have to pay here in the summer but parking is free in winter and early spring.<\/h4>\n
Black Mountain and the Silvermine Lake loop are very popular in the summer due to the Silvermine Lake parking area has location for picnicing. You do have to pay here in the summer but parking is free in winter and early spring.<\/h4>\nAfter parking at Silvermine Lake, walk back out to Seven Lakes Drive.\u00a0 You will need to turn right and walk the road for about .75 miles.\u00a0 After passing a comfort station (always closed) watch for a faint forest road on the right.\u00a0 This unmarked forest road is called Silvermine road, which follows the Queensboro Brook back toward Silvermine Lake.\u00a0 The road crosses the brook and begins a long steady climb up with great views of Silvermine Lake.\u00a0 After about one mile from crossing the brook, the road crosses the Appalachian Trail (AT on maps with white markers on trail) and the Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail (red markers).\u00a0 The AT and the R-D Trail share the same path in this section.<\/h4>\nTurn left onto the AT and begin the steep climb up to the top of Black Mountain.\u00a0 There is many great view points along this ridge.\u00a0 After about .5 mile mark the trail begins to descend.\u00a0 This is a good point to turn back.\u00a0 When you reach Silvermine Road (Forest road), continue straight on the AT crossing the road.\u00a0 The trail weaves through the forest for 1 mile when you reach the William Brien Memorial Shelter (formally know as the Letterrock Shelter).\u00a0 The Menomine Trail (Yellow markers) crosses the AT at this shelter.\u00a0 To complete the loop, turn right onto the Menomine Trail.<\/h4>\nThe Menomine Trail is very rocky and as you near Silvermine Lake it becomes very wet, especially after rainfall or snow melt.\u00a0 The Menomine Trail is 1.35 miles from the shelter to the parking lot where you started.<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Turn left onto the AT and begin the steep climb up to the top of Black Mountain.\u00a0 There is many great view points along this ridge.\u00a0 After about .5 mile mark the trail begins to descend.\u00a0 This is a good point to turn back.\u00a0 When you reach Silvermine Road (Forest road), continue straight on the AT crossing the road.\u00a0 The trail weaves through the forest for 1 mile when you reach the William Brien Memorial Shelter (formally know as the Letterrock Shelter).\u00a0 The Menomine Trail (Yellow markers) crosses the AT at this shelter.\u00a0 To complete the loop, turn right onto the Menomine Trail.<\/h4>\nThe Menomine Trail is very rocky and as you near Silvermine Lake it becomes very wet, especially after rainfall or snow melt.\u00a0 The Menomine Trail is 1.35 miles from the shelter to the parking lot where you started.<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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