I am continuing series of Pennsylvania astrophotography. Last year I did night photos in Cherry Springs State Park – one of most popular space for amateur astrophotographers. This year I did photo in Hickory Run State Park - Boulder Field in the Poconos of Pennsylvania.
Canon EOS Ra, EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, f/2.8, 25600, Panorama of 3 images 30 sec, 5 sec, 5 sec. Post Processing: Photoshop, Topaz DeNoise AI.
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| Boulder Field (Hickory Run State Park Pennsylvania) Night Sky |
Boulder Field is a very popular and a pretty cool place. It is hidden gem deep within the woods and really an awesome place. The Hickory Run Boulder Field was designated by the National Park Service as a natural national landmark in 1967. It’s a huge field of rocks in the middle of the forest. It is said to be the largest boulder field of its kind in all of the Appalachian Mountains. The rocks range in size from under 18 inches to more than 25 feet in length. The tops of the rocks are nearly at the same height over the approximately 400-by-1,800-foot field that slopes at a one-degree pitch. Why did an 18-acre field of rocks form in the Poconos? There are several theories on how exactly this boulder field formed.
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| Poconos Boulder Field Night Landscape |
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| Milky Way over Poconos Boulder Field - Summer Triangle - Stars Altair, Deneb, and Vega - Constellations Aquila, Cygnus, and Lyra |
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| Map Boulder Field |
The Boulder Field at Hickory Run State Park is unlike any other place for night photography. Stretching nearly 1,800 feet long and blanketed with ancient glacial rocks, this flat expanse becomes a surreal landscape under the stars. On clear nights, the Milky Way rises above the stones like a river of light flowing across a frozen sea. I chose this spot not only for its geological beauty but also for its dark skies — a rare find in eastern Pennsylvania. Photographing here means working with sharp contrasts: the cold texture of granite in the foreground and the soft glow of the galactic core overhead. Using my Canon EOS Ra and a fast wide-angle lens, I composed multiple frames to balance the stones’ subtle reflections with the deep sky above. The result is a quiet image of time and endurance — the ancient Earth meeting the eternal night.
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