With the new semester, I’ve decided to choose a new phenology spot. I chose Rock Point, a beautiful natural area I visited once before for a lab, and once on my own time. I wanted to get to know it more, it is an absolutely breathtaking area that I undoubtedly want to continue exploring. To get there, you walk all the way down Main Street until you get down to the waterfront, where you then take the cement walkway about a mile. You then turn right into the camping area, and continue straight onto Institute Road. After that, you turn left onto Rock Point Road and continue straight for about a half a mile, passing the Rock Point School on your left. Continue to follow the path until you eventually reach the trailhead, and you’re there. It’s about a 4 mile walk from my dorm (Davis).
I had an amazing time at Rock Point, it’s so nice to be back in Burlington. Rock Point was basically completely frozen over, it was honestly pretty dangerous and I would not recommend going right now. But, I had a lot of fun, and I saw some tracks! The top photo is a picture of bunny tracks, and the photo below I’m pretty sure belongs to a raccoon, but I could be wrong. I also saw some scat, but my phone had died so I didn’t get a picture of it. The animal life in Rock Point is persevering, despite the heavy snow!
