Happy 10th Birthday to us! In celebration of 10 long years, we are doing a series of birthday posts. Look, here’s one right now!
Back in 2018, I gave a presentation at the Long-a-Coming Historical Society about hikes in South Jersey that you can take to walk through a little bit of history. It went over pretty well, so why not share an updated version with the world?
Here are some of my favorites. I’ll put 10 to 1 in front of them to make them more dramatic, but for most of these I couldn’t pick one over the other. DRAMA!
10) Oldman’s Creek Preserve – Auburn, NJ – about 1 mile of trails
Oldman’s Creek [...]
Riverview Beach Park – Pennsville, Salem County, NJ Distance – About 1 3/4 to 2 miles total miles of trails. Our loop was maybe 1.3 miles. Type – Loop Difficulty: 1 of 10
Website – Pennsville Recreation Department Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – field Surface – paved with some dirt
Trailheads – N 39° 39.449 W 075° 31.246
Directions – 5 N Broadway, Pennsville, NJ 08070
Parking – Medium sized lot
Dog friendly? Unsure Stroller friendly? Yes Benches? Yes
Facilities?: Bathrooms and playground
Markings – None Map –
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Fort Billings Park – Paulsboro, Gloucester County, NJ Distance – 1/3 miles total Type – No marked trail Difficulty: 1 of 10
Website – https://paulsboronj.org/boards-groups/fort-billingsport-preservation-committee/ Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – Field Surface – Lawn
Trailheads – N 39° 50.765 W 075° 14.995
Directions – Clonmell Road & North Delaware St, Paulsboro, NJ
Parking – Good sized lot in park
Dog friendly? Unsure Stroller friendly? Maybe heavy duty strollers Benches? Yes Facilities?: No Other: Picnic pavillions and playground
Markings – None Map – None (you’ll [...]
Signal Hill Tract – Clementon, Camden County, NJ Distance – not sure how many miles total, we did 1 1/2 and definitely missed some trails. Type – Intersecting loops Difficulty: 3 of 10 – hills! Hills!
Website – None Open – 8 am to dusk
Terrain – Hills and forest Surface – dirt trails
Trailheads – 39°47’50.78″N, 74°59’32.44″W
Directions – Cherry Lane and Davis Ave, Clementon, NJ
Parking – Roadside parking
Dog friendly? It says dogs aren’t allowed on town land except “as designated”, and I didn’t see it designated. So I think [...]
