
Enlow Fork is actually the name of the creek, and the wild lands here are also known as State Game Lands #302. This place is noted for its abundance of wildflowers, and if you chance across another human here, it's almost certainly a fisher.

I followed a sidetrack up the razorback ridge of a mountain and found myself atop a narrow ridgeline far above the stream. There was no overlook, due to all the trees, but it's nice to sense the height through the trees. I assumed that it would be easy to follow the ridge back down the way I came up, but such was not the case. I ended up in a very different part of the reserve from where I meant to go.

This place can look pristine to the untrained eye, but honestly, nothing is pristine in Southwest PA. This land, too, has been raped. If you look closely, you'll find the scars.
Driving through Washington County is like driving through rural Kentucky. Round, grassy, treeless hills with horses grazing on the flanks. Narrow, winding roads. Enormous farmhouses, many abandoned. Covered bridges. It's really a beautiful place, the coal industry and the newborn Marcellus shale natural gas industry notwithstanding. Just don't drink the water.

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