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.
In 2016, I hiked 32 new trails in South Jersey! Why not take a look back at the highlights of an awesome year?
Filed under Canoeing, Hiking, History, Outdoors., pine barrens, South Jersey, Wildlife.
Glades Wildlife Refuge – Dividing Creek (Downe Township), Cumberland County, NJ
Distances:
Bald Eagle Trail – 1.5 miles round trip listed (1.75 miles round trip by GPS)
Maple Street Trail – Did not hike (yet)!
Warfle Farm Trail – Did not hike (yet)!
Tat Starr Trail – Did not hike (yet)!
Type – A series of out-and-back trails
Difficulty: 2 of 10 – although this has to go up in the summer, when I’m sure the bugs and the sun might be brutal.
Total score: 7 of 10
Website – Natural Lands Trust
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – tidal marshland
Surface – Dirt
Trailheads –
Bald Eagle Trail – 39°15’40.79″N, 75° 7’33.15″W
Maple Street Trail – ?
Warfle Farm Trail – ?
Tat Starr Trail – ?
Filed under Canoeing, Hiking, Outdoors., South Jersey, Wildlife.
Nature Trail- PSE&G Commercial Township Wetland Restoration Site – Bivalve (Commercial Township), Cumberland County, NJ
Distance: 2 miles (one way) (We walked 1.6 miles total)
Type: Out and back.
Difficulty: 1 of 10.
Total score: 7 of 10.
Official Website – ESTUARY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
Terrain – Boardwalks and walkways through tidal marshlands.
Trailheads –
#1 – 39° 14.401’N, 75° 2.662’W (Northern End)
#2 – 39° 14.009’N, 75° 2.108’W (Middle End)
#3 – 39° 13.699’N, 75° 2.281’W (South End)
Welcome to the Maurice River Bluffs! Taken from the floating dock.
Blue, Orange, Red, and White Trails – Maurice River Bluffs Preserve – Millville, Cumberland County, NJ
Distance: 5 miles. The map is a little confusing. We did 3.7 miles, skipping only some short bits of the orange trail and part of the non-alternate Blue Trail (which was closed). 5 miles is a best guess.
Type: Web of trails (many of them are loops, the orange trail loops back on itself several times)
Difficulty: 7 of 10 – your legs will feel these hills the next day!
Total score: 10 of 10.
Terrain – woodlands, riverbanks, lots and lots of hills.
Trailheads – 39° 21.200’N, 75° 2.179’W – all trails lead from the parking lot.
Go under this sign and you’ll hit the trails.
Filed under Hiking
Happy Earth Day!
River Overlook Trail and Jenkins Landing Trail – Harold N. Peek Preserve – Millville, Cumberland County, NJ
Distance: About 3 miles of trails
NOTE: This does not include that the access road is walk-in only, about 0.33 miles one way.
River Overlook Trail – 1 mile round trip (according to GPS)
Jenkins Landing Trail – 0.4 miles round trip (sic)
Red Cedar Overlook Trail – listed as 1.5 miles round trip
Type: Lollipops, loops, spurs, and out-and-back
Difficulty: 2 of 10.
Total score: 5 of 10.
Terrain – swamps, woodlands, fields, river
Trailheads – 39° 22.554’N, 75° 1.572’W (Parking Lot at gate)
Filed under Hiking
