  While at Darling State Park a visit to Lake Willoughby is well worth the trip (Figs. 19, 20). A glance at Figure 1 will show you its general location. Once you visit this lake, you might ask “why so beautiful a Lake Willoughby?” There is still some question as to the origin of the lake basin, but a combination of oriented joints and recent glacial movement seems to fit the picture. Deeper and faster weathering along parallel joints together with glacial movement and scour in the same direction as the joints probably dug the elongated trench which, when filled with water, became Lake Willoughby. It is hoped that this pamphlet has given you the desire to enlarge your knowledge of the science of geology. Geology is all around you wherever you might travel and a knowledge of geology will open new roads even while traveling old ones. Here’s luck to you in your travels; try to see what you look at. Figure 18. Geologic map of Darling State Park.
Figure 19. View of Lake Willoughby, seen from its north shore. Mount Pisgah on the left, Mount Hor on the right. The Lake Willoughby trough was produced by preferential erosion of a joint system accentuated by glacial movement and erosion in the same general direction. The lake bottom opposite Mount Pisgah is 210 feet deep. Figure 20. Northwest View from the Burke Mountain summit road. Picture taken just above the old C.C.C. Camp and the present location of the Bell Gardens. Note Lake Willoughby trough in the distance. Mount Pisgah is on the right and Mount Hor on the left. Lake Willoughby lies in this trough. |
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