Riverfront Park/Floodgates Road – Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, NJ
Distance – 2 miles (total out-and-back)
Type – out-and-back
Difficulty: 1 of 10
Total score: 6 of 10
Website – None (*GASP*)
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – along the Delaware River and marshes
Surface – Flat, gravel road
Trailheads – 39°49’53.24″N, 75°19’54.37″W
Filed under Hiking, Outdoors., South Jersey, Wildlife.
Eldora Nature Preserve – Delmont (Maurice River Township), Cumberland County, NJ
Distance – 2.8 miles of trails (official). We did 3.0 miles of trails (with slight overlap).
Type – Series of loops.
Difficulty: 3 of 10
Total score: 5 of 10
Website – The Nature Conservancy
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – Woods, marsh, and a bit of swamp.
Surface – Mostly dirt.
Trailheads – 39°13’2.81″N, 74°55’18.94″W (at back of parking lot)
Filed under Hiking, Outdoors., pine barrens, South Jersey, Wildlife.
Cape May Point State Park – Cape May, Cape May County, NJ
Distance – 3.2 miles of trail total
Type – Series of loops
Difficulty: 2 of 10
Total score: 9 of 10
Updated – March 3, 2017
Website – Cape May Point State Park
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – Mostly tidal marshlands with small patches of forest
Surface – boardwalks and dirt
Trailheads – 38°55’59.64″N, 74°57’30.34″W or
38°55’57.43″N, 38°55’57.43″N or
38°55’55.04″N, 74°57’32.34″W
Filed under Hiking, History, Outdoors., South Jersey, Wildlife.
John’s Woods Preserve and Weymouth County Park – , County, NJ
Distance – 2.5 miles total (not including wandering around Weymouth Furnace)
Type – Out and back with a branch down to the river.
Difficulty: 4 of 10 – trail not well marked, sometimes all but disappears.
Total score: 5 of 10
If you are looking for information on canoeing the Great Egg Harbor River from Weymouth, check here
Website – Atlantic County Parks
Open – 7:30 AM to 1/2 hour after sunset.
Terrain – woods with some wetlands
Surface – dirt and sand
Trailheads:
Weymouth – no hiking trails
John’s Woods – 39°31’3.69″N, 74°46’47.96″W
Filed under Canoeing, Hiking, History, Outdoors., pine barrens, South Jersey
Egg Harbor Township Nature Reserve – Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, NJ
Distance – 6 miles of trails total (we saw most of the preserve with a hike of 3 1/4 miles)
Type – Web of trails
Difficulty: 3 of 10
Total score: 8 of 10
Website – https://sites.google.com/site/ehtnatres/
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – forest, marsh, lakeside sand.
Surface – mostly dirt surfaces
Trailheads – 39°21’32.48″N, 74°39’4.46″W (parking lot on Zion Road)
39°21’41.77″N, 74°39’21.16″W (parking lot by nature center)
Filed under Hiking, History, Outdoors., pine barrens, South Jersey, Wildlife.
Frank Donio Memorial Park – Winslow, Camden County, NJ
Distance – 1.1 miles total
Type – Loop
Difficulty: 1 of 10
Total score: 3 of 10
Website – Winslow Township Website
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – Woods on a ridge above playing fields
Surface – dirt
Trailheads – 39°44’19.85″N, 74°59’37.04″W (located back on the driveway just where it leaves Chews Landing Road)
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge – Galloway Township, Atlantic County, NJ
Distance – 4 miles of dedicated hiking trails, plus you can hiking along the 8 mile scenic road to create trail loops.
Type – Loops and out-and-backs.
Difficulty: 3 of 10 – trail (especially on road) very exposed to sun, wind, and the elements.
Total score: 8 of 10
Website – Forsythe NWR and Friends of Forsythe
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Admission – $4 a car (in November 2015)
Terrain – marshland, woodland, and meadow.
Directions – 800 Great Creek Road
Galloway, New Jersey 08205
Parking – Plenty of parking at Visitor’s Center lot. Also small parking areas at various trailheads.
Standouts – Far and away, the birding. Also great views of Atlantic City.
Brochure – Edwin Forsythe Brochure
Markings – blazes, signs with arrows, or unblazed (road walks).
Map – Hiking Trails Map (PDF)
Make sure to visit the Visitor’s Center!
Description – We went a lovely Hikesgiving Day (the day after Thanksgiving, obviously) working off that pie and turkey by spending a lovely six hours or so at the Edwin Forsythe National Wildlife Preserve
Filed under Hiking, Outdoors., South Jersey, Wildlife.
