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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Arney’s Mount Trails – Columbus, Burlington County, NJ Distance – 3.85 total miles of trails (1 mile of which is a horse trail), we did a 2 1/2 mile loop Type – Loop Difficulty:  3 of 10

Website – Burlington County Parks Open – Dawn to dusk (Burlington County Parks posts a paper in the trail kiosk for when the park closes each time of the year.  It changes seasonally, so doesn’t always fall after sunset.

Summer closing?

Terrain – Three big hills (well, South Jersey big), one of which you can choose to take a trail over, plus a huge field and some woods. Surface [...]

Ridley Creek State Park –  Delaware County, PA Distance – 13 miles total (we did 4.8 in a lollipop) Type – Various Difficulty: 3  of 10

Website – Ridley Creek State Park  Open – Day use areas open dawn to dusk.

Terrain – Forest, hills, stream, and woods Surface – Some paved, some dirt, some rocks

Trailheads – N 39° 56.727 W 075° 25.290

Directions – 598 Barrens Road, Media, PA

Parking – Very crowded on nice days.  Parking lot is at trailhead coordinates, additional parking along Chapel Hill Road.

Dog friendly? Leashed dogs allowed Stroller friendly? Some are, some are very much not Benches? [...]

Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area (Tuckahoe side)– Tuckahoe, Cape May County, NJ Distance – a zillion miles total on dirt roads.  We did a little more than 1 1/2 miles Type – Out-and-back Difficulty: 1 of 10

Website – Division of Fish and Wildlife Open – Sunrise to Sunset.

Terrain – Forest and marsh Surface – packed dirt

Trailheads – Parking areas throughout the preserve.  For this hike, I parked at N 39° 16.430 W 074° 43.365

Directions – 2201 Rt. 631 (aka, Tuckahoe Road) Tuckahoe, NJ 08250

Parking – Located throughout the preserve

Dog friendly? No Stroller friendly? No Benches? [...]