A. Jerome Walnut Nature Trail – Barnegat Light, Long Beach Island, Ocean County, NJ Distance – 0.25 miles total (one way), but paths off this trail can greatly extend your hike (we did 1 1/2 miles and could have extended it more) Type – U trail (ends do not connect, must backtrack or walk around the block) Difficulty: 3 of 10 – sand can be such a pain to walk in. Total score: 6 of 10
Website – None Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – dunes and beach Surface – Boardwalk and loose sand
Trailheads – 39°45’12.95″N, 74° 6’20.78″W OR 39°45’10.43″N, 74° 6’23.32″W
Corson’s Inlet State Park – Ocean City, Cape May County, NJ Distance – Rail trail – 0.75 total out-and-back. Yellow Trail – 0.25 miles one way. Red Trail – 0.4 miles one way. We did 2.4 miles total covering all three of these and a beach walk back from the Red to Yellow Trail. Can also extend this beach walk around the tip of the island. Type – Series of out-and-back trails that can be looped off with beach walks if you choose. Difficulty: 2 of 10 Total score: 7 of 10
Website – Corsons Inlet State Park Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – beach and dunes Surface – gravel (rail trail) or sand (Yellow or [...]
Crook Horn Creek Nature Trail – Ocean City, Cape May County, NJ Distance – 0.75 of a mile one way Type – Out-and-back Difficulty: 2 of 10 Total score: 6 of 10
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – marshlands
Trailheads – 39°13’51.59″N, 74°37’58.88″W OR 39°13’53.15″N, 74°38’28.58″W
Maritime Trail – Barnegat Lighthouse State Park – Barnegat Light, NJ (Ocean County) Type: Loop trail Hours: Sunrise to Sunset (Parking lot closes early and they will lock your car in. You can park just outside the entrance). Distance: 0.2 miles. Not a typo, 0.2 miles. But lots more to do in the park, like a mile out and back walk on the jetti (just under two miles total) and climbing the lighthouse Difficulty: 1 of 10. Total score: 8 of 10. Updated: January 16, 2017
Terrain – Dunes and history. Trailhead – Across from information center – 39°45’49.37″N, 74° 6’21.92″W
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