点评:There is a state park fee to visit Mirror Lake. There is a very small visitor center with restrooms and mounted animals and a few things to purchase. You purchase your pass here at the window or you can go inside.
Echo Rock seems to be the main attraction here. The normal trailhead is under construction at the moment, so to get to the trail, you need to go to Cliffwood campground and park between spots 127-128 where there is an overflow lot. Follow the trail that takes you to the overlook. At the overlook, drop down on the trail that goes to the right. You will see the path to Echo Rock and can walk all around it. Then you can head back the way you came or go to the left and circle back. This takes less than a half hour. There is a supper club across the river, so you aren’t really immersed in nature, but they did play “Sweet Caroline” while we were there, so there’s that.
Pulpit rock and Fern Dell Gorge are other trails that are recommended, but I’d save those for spring or fall when you have either an unobstructed view or pretty fall colors. Our stop was in August and the view at Pulpit Rock is very obstructed and the path down to the Fern Dell Gorge is very overgrown.
There are lots of mosquitoes and we carried our bug spray with us to just continually spray.
We had considered kayaking, but Mirror Lake is less a mirror and more like a algae collection.
The Lakeview Trail is pretty, even in August. It takes about 10 minutes.
For the best experience, I would say August is not the time to come.
翻译:参观镜湖需要缴纳州立公园门票。园内有一个非常小的游客中心,配有洗手间、陈列着动物标本以及少量可供购买的纪念品。您可以在此处的售票窗口购买门票,也可以直接进入园区。
回声岩似乎是这里最主要的景点。目前常规的步道起点正在施工,因此要到达步道,您需要前往克利夫伍德露营地,在127号和128号露营位之间的额外停车区停车。随后沿着步道前行即可抵达观景台。在观景台处,沿着向右延伸的小径下行。你会看到通往回声岩的小路,可以绕着岩石走一圈。之后既可以原路返回,也可以向左绕回去。整个过程不到半小时。河对岸有一家夜总会,所以这里其实算不上完全沉浸在大自然中;不过我们在那儿的时候,他们正好播放了《Sweet Caroline》,也算是个小惊喜吧。
讲道台岩和蕨类植物谷也是值得推荐的徒步路线。不过我会把那些景点留到春天或秋天再去,那时要么能看到毫无遮挡的景致,要么能欣赏到美丽的秋色。我们是在八月去的,当时从讲道坛岩上看到的景色被遮挡得很厉害,而通往蕨类峡谷的小路也杂草丛生。
那里蚊子很多,我们随身携带驱虫剂,不停地喷洒以防被叮咬。
我们原本考虑划皮划艇,但镜湖其实根本算不上一面“镜子”,倒更像是一片藻类聚集地。
即便在八月,湖景步道依然很美。走完这段路大约需要10分钟。为了获得最佳体验,我认为八月并不是来的最佳时机。