Frozen Forest Hill Park Lake
Something that has not been seen in years: A frozen Forest Hill Park lake. I confirmed it during a short hike today and found many other watery spots encrusted in ice.
Ice on the quarry wall at Forest Hill Park
After resembling a marshland after years of disrepair, the lake at that beautiful South Richmond park was dredged this past summer and the work was completed just before November. It wrapped up a month earlier than expected –quite fortunate considering all the rain and snow we had in November and December.
The babbling Reedy Creek also had many beautiful frozen spots as it descended toward the lake. The huge boulders held many wide
Winter weather isn’t my favorite, but I can take the 5-10 days of freezing cold if we get something this beautiful to see with snow and ice now and then.
Click on these images for larger versions — the detail is quite good. My favorite is the ivy frozen into the ice — a young and colorful growth that will probably not suffer a bit come springtime.
Ivy trapped in frozen falls on the quarry wall at Forest Hill Park
Frozen falls on Reedy Creek at Forest Hill Park
Ice on Reedy Creek at Forest Hill Park
Ice on Reedy Creek at Forest Hill Park
Richmond On The James 
Posted by MaryJo on January 11, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Since English Ivy is one of the non-native species that the Friends of F.H. Park are working to remove, maybe we should hope that the pretty little vine won’t survive being frozen 🙂
Posted by More ice along the James river « RichmondOnTheJames on January 11, 2010 at 2:35 pm
[…] had fun finding ice along the James river and in Forest Hill Park this winter. I decided to give it one more shot so see ice on our beloved attractions around […]
Posted by Melissa on January 6, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Beautiful! Linked here from H&H and I will add your blog to my RSS reader when I get home. I walk my dog near Pony Pasture and I’ve been meaning to take a picture of the ice clinging to the branches that dip into the river.
Posted by tvnewsbadge on January 6, 2010 at 10:22 am
Great stuff, reminds me of the days before global warming when that lake used to freeze hard enough for ice skating.
Posted by Jonah Holland @LewisGinter on January 6, 2010 at 9:13 am
Awesome photos! You really bring out the beauty of a place 🙂
Posted by Hills and Heights » Frozen Forest Hill Park Lake - Richmond, Virginia on January 6, 2010 at 8:20 am
[…] Phil Riggan. This and others showing off the icy wonder of Forest Hill Park are posted on his blog RichmondOnTheJames be sure to check out the other photos. Great stuff thanks for sharing […]
Posted by Richard.h on January 5, 2010 at 3:52 pm
I hope you don’t mind if I repost a picture and link back to here on hillsandheights.org later tonight or tomorrow. Great stuff.
Posted by Phil Riggan on January 5, 2010 at 4:01 pm
I’d love it if you did Richard, thank you.
Posted by Austin Prime on January 5, 2010 at 2:43 pm
These pictures are great! Thanks for sharing. 🙂