Nature Trail – Alloway Creek Watershed Wetlands Restoration Site – Elsinboro, Salem County, NJ Distance –  miles total Type – Lollipop Difficulty:  100000 of 10 (biting flies)

Website – None Open – 5 am to 9 pm.

Terrain – Marshland Surface – Crushed rock and dirt

Trailheads –  39°31’21.92″N,  75°30’27.27″W

Egg Island Wildlife Management Area – Fortesque (Downe Township), Cumberland County, NJ Distance – 1  mile total (but could have gone further) Type – Out-and-back Difficulty:  1 of 10 Total score: 6 of 10

Website – None Open – Sunrise to Sunset.

Terrain – Salt marsh and beach Surface – Mostly sandy beach

Trailheads – 39°13’25.30″N,  75° 9’59.11″W.  Note that this trailhead IS the road.

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 – 1.4 miles round trip Warfle Farm Trail – 0.75 miles round trip (listed at 0.5 miles) Tat Starr Trail – 2 miles round trip 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.

Website – Natural Lands Trust Open – Sunrise to Sunset.

Terrain – tidal marshland Surface – Dirt, boardwalk, and hard pack, depending on the [...]

Songbird Trail and Woodcock Trail – Cape May National Wildlife Refuge – Delaware Bay Unit – Middle Township (Cape May Courthouse), Cape May County, NJ Distance – official is just over a mile, but my GPS said 1.5. Type – Loop trail Difficulty: 2 of 10 Total score: 4 of 10

Website – http://www.friendsofcapemayrefuge.org/ Open – Sunrise to Sunset.

Terrain – Meadows, woods, and marshland

Trailheads – Parking lot at Refuge Headquarters – 39° 5’58.64″N, 74°52’48.16″W Trail parking lot – 39° 6’3.43″N, 74°52’53.89″W