Franklin County Highpoint Trip Report
Crum Hill
Date: July 26, 2008
Author: Scott Cockrell
A couple of notes -- I drove into Florida from the east -- Florida is larger
than I expected -- there is a highway department building labeled "Town of
Florida" that looks a little like a fire house but is not. The actual fire
house is several miles west. Mapquest.com shows Tilda Hill Road crossing the
main highway -- but there was a street sign reading "Oleson Rd" on the north side
of the highway beside the fire house. That is Tilda Hill Road -- one of the
houses even reads "58 Tilda Hill Road" on the mailbox. There is a Tilda Hill
Road sign on the south side of the highway. Bliss Road and the trail opposite
were just as described.
I found the same forest of red surveyor flags as previously reported. This HP
is probably easier when the leaves are down -- I found the cairn at the first
high point almost by accident, since it is so obscured by leaves. The base of
the cairn is on a rock several feet above most of the surrounding area and the
top of the cairn is well overhead -- but you have to be really close to see it.
You do not need to go out into the field around the wind tower, which is
fortunate, since it is choked with pricker bushes.
The second HP is clearly in the woodsy area beyond the second wind tower.
I tromped around quite a bit on both sides of the trail and was clearly well above
the base of the tower but couldn't find the register -- again, this would
probably be easier when the leaves are down. This wind tower is also surrounded
by pricker bushes.
Hike statistic: About 1 1/2 hours total time.
A lot of time spent looking for the register at the second HP.