Mirror Lake Picnic Area — Attraction in Elk Mountain

Now a day use area. So the necessities are simple here, but the vista is outstanding. There are miles of trails so days can be spent hiking, including to the top of a 500 foot cliff (hiking the back of the mountain.) There is often snow for snowball fights well into August. This is high altitude camping. The campground is about 1/4 mile off highway 130. The drive there is spectacularly scenic and is climbing or descending for 20 miles on either side. Good fishing. Bring your own drinking water. The nearby campground that is open is Silver Lake. Plenty of...

This is a very beautiful place! There are several buddies of water there and all of them are very clear. I found the rocks very interesting, though I know only a small amount about them. I taking one of the pages paths, I came upon the termination point of what looked like a river of quartz boulders. It might not be quartz, but it seemed to match the samples I've...

Cool stopping place to relax by lake, fish, or hike. Even to the top of the peak, if you have it in you. We walked the trail toward sugarloaf mountain. There was very beautiful scenery all around and very peacefull. Except the other day when we were there. Sorry, every1 I was struggling to breathe, and my daughter would not open her ears and...