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Recent Examples of tarnThe two main tarns on this trail are flanked by subalpine meadows with a variety of shrubs and wildflowers that change colors in the fall.—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024 What didn’t end up in a New Orleanian’s blood ended up filling every pothole in the Quarter—a bubbly black tarn of viscid vice.—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024 Pass Grant Lake, a deep blue tarn nestled in the sagebrush.—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022 One fuselage is deposited in an enormous hangar, used as a backlot on the slopes of the Sierra: the second one is nearly buried in artificial snow, and surrounded by olive trees; the third is found above the Sierra Nevada’s high mountain tarn La Laguna de las Yeguas, at around 10,000 feet.—Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 29 Apr. 2022 In the morning, kick off the day’s driving with a 30-minute excursion to visit the enormous sapphire tarn of Mono Lake, an alkaline expanse freckled with tufa spires, pinnacles formed by calcium carbonate interacting with freshwater springs in the lakebed.—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2022 The lake, a glacial tarn called Roopkund, was more than sixteen thousand feet above sea level, an arduous five-day trek from human habitation, in a mountain cirque surrounded by snowfields and battered by storms.—Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020 Follow the winding trail toward the base of O'Malley Peak to a striking, dark tarn called Deep Lake.—Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2018 In 1951, some 885 square miles of Cumbrian hills and tarns (mountain pools) were designated as a national park, Britain’s largest and, with 18 million annual visitors, its most popular.—Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
At its northern end, where the creek meets the lake, the trail connects with the Erie Canalway Trail, which is part of the 750-mile Empire State Trail network, opening up even more routes to explore.
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
The peaceful atmosphere became more excited when a flood of thousands more demonstrators arrived to the lake’s amphitheater, having marched from Wilma Chan Park a half-mile away.
Few among us would hesitate to wade into a pond to save a drowning child.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Ahead of the third season — which premiered in October 2025 — The Diplomat has already been renewed for a fourth season, promising a whole new advent of drama across both sides of the pond.
What with its rippling mountains, meditative lochs, and misty woodlands, Scotland’s moody atmosphere hits its stride in the cooler seasons.
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Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Oct. 2025
Donal, a nightclub owner in Chicago obsessed with the blues, has resisted going back to the land of lochs for reasons that will become only somewhat clear over the course of the run time.
Along with a grassy walled garden, an arboretum, the property has nearly three miles of lough frontage and shooting rights across a total of 3,000 acres.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
On the shores of Belfast's lough, The Culloden Estate and Spa is a serene escape from the buzzy city scene.
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Ciara McQuillan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2022
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