Nature Walks in New Jersey : AMC Guide to the Best Trails from the Highlands to Cape May

Acknowledgments xii Introduction xiii Highlights Chart xxii Locator Map xxviii Ridge and Valley Province Trip 1: Mount Tammany 1(8) Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Trip 2: Raccoon Ridge and Appalachian Trail 9(8) AMC Mohican Outdoor Center Trip 3: Millbrook Village and Van Campens Glen 17(7) Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Trip 4: Merrill Creek Reservoir 24(8) Merrill Creek Environmental Preserve Trip 5: Paulinskill Valley Trail 32(8) Blairstown to Marksboro Trip 6: Sussex Branch Trail 40(8) Kittatinny Valley State Park Trip 7: White Cedar Swamp Trail 48(8) Dryden Kuser Natural Area, High Point Stat Park Trip 8: Monument Trail 56(8) High Point State Park Trip 9: Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge and Pochuck Swamp 64(8) Highlands Province Trip 10: Pinwheel's Vista and Pochuck Quagmire 72(7) Wawayanda State Park Trip 11: Terrace Pond 79(7) Wawayanda State Park Trip 12: Bearfort Ridge Fire Tower 86(8) Newark Watershed Trip 13: Long Pond Ironworks State Park 94(8) Trip 14: New Jersey State Botanical Gardens at Skylands 102(7) Trip 15: Wyanokie High Point 109(7) Norvin Green State Forest Trip 16: Four Birds Trail 116(8) Splitrock Reservoir and Farny State Park Trip 17: Beaver Brook Trail 124(8) Farny Highlands Trip 18: Tripod Rock and Bear Rock 132(8) Pyramid Mountain, Morris County Park Trip 19: Black River and Kay Environmental Center 140(8) Morris County Park Trip 20: Schooley's Mountain 148(7) Morris County Park Piedmont Province Trip 21: Great Falls of the Passaic River 155(8) Paterson Trip 22: The Palisades, Bombay Hook 163(9) Palisades Interstate Park Trip 23: Hackensack Meadowlands 172(8) DeKorte State Park Trip 24: Cherry Blossom Time 180(8) Branch Brook Park, Newark Trip 25: Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center 188(7) Morris County Park Trip 26: Leonard J. Buck Garden 195(7) Somerset County Park Trip 27: Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park 202(8) Kingston to Rocky Hill Inner and Outer Coastal Plain Provinces Trip 28: Holmdel Park and Longstreet Farm 210(8) Monmouth County Park Trip 29: Wells Mills 218(8) Ocean County Park Trip 30: Pakim Pond 226(8) Brendan Byrne State Forest Trip 31: Whitesbog 234(7) Brendan Byrne State Forest Trip 32: Dot and Brooks Ever Memorial Nature Trail 241(9) New Jersey Conservation Foundation Trip 33: Rancocas Nature Center of the New Jersey Audubon Society 250(7) Rancocas State Park Trip 34: Apple Pie Hill Fire Tower 257(8) Wharton State Forest Trip 35: Parvin State Park 265(7) Atlantic Shore Region Trip 36: Sandy Hook, Old Dune Trail 272(8) Gateway National Recreation Area Trip 37: Cattus Island 280(7) Ocean County Park Trip 38: Island Beach State Park 287(7) Trip 39: Holgate 294(7) Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Trip 40: Cape May Point State Park 301(8) Appendix A: Useful Names and Addresses 309(3) Appendix B: Recommended Reading 312(3) Alphabetical Listing of Walks 315(2) About the Author 317(2) About the AMC 319(2) Leave No Trace 321