AMC's Best Day Hikes in New Jersey: Four-Season Guide to 50 of the Best Trails in the Garden State, from the Skylands to the Shore

by Priscilla Estes, Appalachian Club (Editor), Michael McCormick

Overview

Small but diverse, urban but agricultural, inland and coastal, industrial yet forested, New Jersey is a beautiful state of glorious contrasts.AMC's Best Day Hikes in New Jersey features 50 hikes for all skill levels, each entry including a detailed map, plus summaries of time, distance, and difficulty level. The book's at-a-glance trip planner highlights the best hikes near public transportation, that are wheelchair accessible, for kids, for canine companions, and more.

This fully revised guide includes expertly curated hikes along the rugged Kittany Ridge and Valley, the coastal flatlands and southern Pine Barrens, and more throughout the state's array of ecosystems. Essays about the area's natural and social history provide additional context for what you'll see on your hikes. Whether an experienced hiker or a family looking for a weekend outing, this new edition of AMC's Best Day Hikes in New Jersey is indispensable for anyone enjoying the Garden State.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628421705
Publisher:	Appalachian Mountain Club Books MA
Publication date:	02/01/2024
Series:	AMC's Best Day Hikes
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	616,043
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Priscilla Estes is the former chair of AMC's Delaware Valley Chapter and has been leading hikes since 1996. Michael McCormick is the creator of the blog South Jersey Trails and the leader of a Boy Scout Troop for twenty years.

Table of Contents

SKYLANDS 1. Sourland Mountain Preserve 2. Duke Farms 3. Rockhopper and Dry Run Creek trails 4. Morristown National Historical Park, Jockey Hollow Section 5. High Point State Park, Monument Trail–Appalachian Trail 6. Deer Path Park (Round Mountain Section) 7. Delaware and Raritan (D&R) Canal to Horseshoe Bend Park 8. Jenny Jump State Forest 9. White Oak Trail to Wescott-Zega Lockatong Trail 10. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (Millbrook Village–Van Campens Glen Loop) 11. Marble Hill Natural Resource Area 12. Six Mile Run Reservoir 13. Mohican Outdoor Center (Coppermine-Kaiser-Appalachian trails loop) GATEWAY 14. Garret Mountain Reservation 15. Palisades Interstate Park (State Line Lookout to Peanut Leap Cascade) 16. Watchung Reservation (White Trail-Feltville) 17. Branch Brook Park 18. Norvin Green State Forest (South) 19. Plainsboro Preserve 20. Mills Reservation 21. Lenape Park 22. Cheesequake State Park. 23. Ramapo Mountain State Forest 24. Liberty State Park JERSEY SHORE 25. Clayton Park 26. Wells Mills County Park 27. Hartshorne Woods Park 28. Barnegat Branch Trail 29. Manasquan to Asbury Park to Manasquan 30. Island Beach State Park 31. Forest Resource Education Center GREATER ATLANTIC CITY 32. Estell Manor 33. Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, Brigantine Unit, Songbird Trail 34. Egg Harbor Township Nature Reserve SOUTHERN SHORE 35. Belleplain State Forest 36. Thompson’s and Moore’s beaches 37. Cape May Point State Park and South Cape May Meadows 38. Maurice River Bluffs Preserve 39. Glades National Wildlife Refuge 40. Bivalve Wetlands Walk DELAWARE RIVER 41. Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain 42. Mullica River Trail—Atsion to Quakerbridge 43. Jacob’s Creek 44. Laurie Chauncey Trail 45. Washington Crossing State Park 46. Parvin State Park 47. Black Run Preserve 48. Cooper River Park Loop 49. Batona Trail, Section 3 50. Brendan T. Byrne State Forest