We hiked to the summit of one of the namesake knobs this morning. They are extremely steep, so steep in fact the trail spiraled around the knob 2-1/2 times before we reached the summit as you can see in the "Map My Hike" image below from Donna's cell phone app (the green square is our campsite where we started and the red square is where we ended. We use the app a lot to track how far we have gone and it has bailed us out a couple times helping us find our way back to where we started when we got lost.
The view from the top of the knob is pretty good but partially blocked by trees - it looks like they had a tower at one time but it is gone. The campground is on a peninsula on Cave Run Lake, a 48 mi. long man made lake that covers about 13 sq. mi. From the knob you can see the lake in every direction - see panoramic views below.
This knob is very steep and pointed - the area in the photo is all there is of the summit - I was standing at one end of the summit and Donna and Darby at the other.
Looking over to the "sister knob"
This is a view of the peak to show how steep and pointed it is - this is from about 2/3 of the way up the trail.
There were lots of Eastern Box Turtles on the trail to the summit.
Before we left the summit, the sky opened up and we got soaked. So, we went back to the camper and changed clothes and since we had only been 3 miles we decided to do a little more exploring so we walked down to the marina and boat launch which was an additional 2-1/2 miles. There is a large marina in the middle of the national forest - not sure how that works as I believe it is a privately owned marina.
The Marina
Darby fetching a stick at the boat ramp
The dam
Just a dandelion
Field Mustard
Can you spot the woodcock? This is the best picture I could get of it - it was a juvenile that couldn't fly very well yet but he was good at staying hidden
