I have often driven by this place and decided to have a look at it today.
There is a very short, flat trail from the parking lot which leads to an excellent panoramic view:
A look at some of what is growing here:
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
Red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Blackberry (rubus)
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) with fruit
Red Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
Tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) with its “oven mitt” bud
Red Oak leaf in ice (Quercus rubra)
The ever-present discarded coffee cup:
Red-osier Dogwood and Silky Dogwood look very much alike. To tell them apart, cut a twig open to look at the interior “pith”. If it is brown, it is Silky Dogwood like this one. Red-osier has white pith.
Silky Dogwoon (Cornus amomum)
Miles Hearn