Join RVC Trustee Liz Marshall for the July "Hike of the Month" through Gnome Hollow Preserve. Sign-up here.
Directions to parking area: Go North on Route 94 (from Blairstown), past Marksboro, take a left on Lincoln Laurel Road, take first left onto Stillwater Road, go to bottom of hill and around the hairpin turn. Parking area for Gnome Hollow on the right.
The 132-acre preserve is primarily deciduous hardwood forest, but it contains a small former Christmas tree farm. The property has a mix of native hardwoods, including mature oak and black birch, hickory, and emerging sugar maple. These dense stands of forest are important habitat for migrating songbirds and large mammals, such as black bear and bobcat. The mix of evergreens and hardwoods makes for suitable owl habitat as well.
Gnome Hollow Preserve
Public access is provided via a hiking trail on the preserve, accessible on Stillwater Road. The trail system will connect to the state’s Paulinskill Valley Trail to the west