This phenology spot is located just above Lone Rock in a spot called Rock Point. To get to Rock Point, you walk across North Beach and to the hiking path off of the beach. You walk on the path, up some stairs, and across a bridge. Once you get to a sign titled “Rock Point,” take a left. Continue along the path and eventually you’ll reach a clearing overlooking the lake. Once you reach this point, you’re there!
At this spot and along your way up, you’ll notice a lot of buckthorn, sugar maple, northern white cedar, barberry, and eastern white pine. The first thing I noticed about these plants, particularly the sugar maple, is how immature they are. I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that many of the trees in Vermont were once cleared, and much of Vermont’s forest were replanted over the past 50 years (although I do not think it takes that long for a sugar maple to grow).
