Ridley Creek State Park – Delaware County, PA Distance – 13 miles total (we did 4.8 in a lollipop) Type – Various Difficulty: 3 of 10
Website – Ridley Creek State Park Open – Day use areas open dawn to dusk.
Terrain – Forest, hills, stream, and woods Surface – Some paved, some dirt, some rocks
Trailheads – N 39° 56.727 W 075° 25.290
Directions – 598 Barrens Road, Media, PA
Parking – Very crowded on nice days. Parking lot is at trailhead coordinates, additional parking along Chapel Hill Road.
Dog friendly? Leashed dogs allowed Stroller friendly? Some are, some are very much not Benches? [...]
Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area (Tuckahoe side)– Tuckahoe, Cape May County, NJ Distance – a zillion miles total on dirt roads. We did a little more than 1 1/2 miles Type – Out-and-back Difficulty: 1 of 10
Website – Division of Fish and Wildlife Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – Forest and marsh Surface – packed dirt
Trailheads – Parking areas throughout the preserve. For this hike, I parked at N 39° 16.430 W 074° 43.365
Directions – 2201 Rt. 631 (aka, Tuckahoe Road) Tuckahoe, NJ 08250
Parking – Located throughout the preserve
Dog friendly? No Stroller friendly? No Benches? [...]
Assiscunk Creek Paddle – Burlington, Burlington County, NJ Distance: 5 miles round trip (could paddle further upcreek than we did) Type: Out and back Difficulty: 3 of 10 – could have been a lot worse if we didn’t mostly turn with the ride
Official Website – None Terrain – Tidal creek
Put ins – N 40° 04.925 W 074° 51.038 Parking – Good sized lot at the launch.
Rentals – None
Map –
Description:
Halloween morning, I went on my last paddle of the year to close out my first year of owning a kayak. The body of water for the day? Assiscunk Creek starting where it joins the Delaware River in [...]
One of our favorites, this 3/4 of a mile loop in Haddonfield is close enough to our house to do very often. Updated the post to reflect the nice bridge that was built there and add a bunch of nature spots from over the last five years since the last time we updated the post.
Read updated trail review here!
