Dinosaur Trail – Allaire State Park – Wall Township, Monmouth County, NJ Distance – 0.75 out and back or 1.2 mile loop Type – Out-and-back or loop, part of a larger web of trails Difficulty: 1 of 10 (out-and-back) or 3 of 10 (loop)
NOTE – As of October 2022, many of the dinosaurs have, sadly, been destroyed. There is still some magic in the woods here, but it’s much diminished from the pictures from our first visit.Website – Allaire State Park Website or ExploreAllaire Open – Park closes at 8 p.m. Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend; 6 p.m. after Labor Day; 4:30 p.m. in November; 6 p.m. in [...]
Manasquan Floodplain Trail – Allaire State Park – Wall Township, Monmouth County, NJ Distance: 0.5 miles (with another mile around the buildings that are not on the trail) Type: Horseshoe (loop if you use the green trail) Difficulty: 3 of 10 – for trail blazes disapearing.
Terrain – Swamp, swamp, and more swamp.
Trailheads – 40° 9.318’N, 74° 7.603’W or 40° 9.367’N, 74° 7.730’W. Second trailhead is where we started.
