Because I have ADD, I like to do an occasional book review to go along with all the hiking, backpacking, canoeing, camping, history, and national park write ups (along with other assorted nonsense) that I do for this esteemed website.  Today’s book is Christine Miller’s Josephine’s Wilderness Adventure: A Trip to Shenandoah National Park, which came out last month.  I’m not particularly good at writing reviews, so in case it wasn’t clear in the review below – I really enjoyed this book!

Josephine’s Wilderness Adventure: A Trip to Shenandoah National Park by Christine Miller Triple Peaks Press Publishing – 2022 123 pages

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Estell Manor Group Campground Estell Manor County Park Atlantic County Parks Estell Manor, NJ

Address: Roughly at 225 NJ-50, Mays Landing, NJ 08330 Google Maps of where the turn is Coordinates for turn off N 39° 24.757 W 074° 44.539 Coordinates for campsite N 39° 24.910 W 074° 44.020

Directions: Turn off of NJ-50 onto the dirt campground road.  Note that you should use the Google Maps link for where the turn is off of Route 50.  Google will try to take you through the main park entrance, which has no way to get your vehicle to the campsite.

Access: Dirt road, but accessible by most any vehicle under normal conditions.  Make sure to check in with the [...]

Parvin State Park Campground Pittsgrove, Salem County, NJ

Address: 701 Almond Road, Pittsgrove, New Jersey 08318-3928 (this is the official address, but the campsite is actually on Parvin Mill Road, just south of Almond Road)

Coordinates: N 39° 30.495 W 075° 08.400

Access: Paved campground road

Website for official info: https://nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/parks/parvinstatepark.html

Website for campsite booking and pricing: www.camping.nj.gov

Campground Map:

Pet friendly?: Some sites are pet friendly, check website for current details.

When New Jersey campgrounds reopened after 13 months of being closed, we got a little [...]

Round Valley Reservoir Campground Round Valley Recreation Area Lebanon, Hunterdon County, NJ

Address: 1220 Stanton Lebanon Rd, Lebanon, NJ 08833

Coordinates: N 40° 36.307 W 074° 49.944 (where the trail enters the camping area)

Directions: Drive to the park offices to register, then it’s a paddle or a hike to get to the campground.

Access: NO CAR ACCESS, paddle or hike only.

Website for official info: https://www.njparksandforests.org/parks/roundvalleyrecreationarea.html

Website for campsite booking and pricing: www.camping.nj.gov

Campground Map: Click here for full sized map 

Pet friendly?: From website (as of [...]