New Jersey

 

Maps:

• Software - Topo! Back Roads Explorer

• There are no good maps for the state, but the bad ones are free.  I requested them at Batsto State Forest.  There are hiking, canoeing, and mountain biking maps.

Books:

• Parnes, Robert - Paddling the New Jersey Pine Barrens, 6th Ed. - paddling guide

• McPhee, John - The Pine Barrens - excellent essay profiling the human and natural history of the area

• Boyd, Howard P. -  A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey - Flora, fauna and historic sites

Web Sites:

• http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/wharton.html

• http://www.mickscanoerental.com/

• http://www.pinebarrenscanoe.com/

•  http://www.njpinebarrens.com/ - very good multilayer beta maps

• http://www.georgian.edu/pinebarrens/index.htm

 

 

Hike 1.  Hiking and Canoeing in the Pine Barrens Wharton State Forest

 

Batsto Village Hiking, 05/16/2008

 

Oswego River Canoeing, 05/17/2008

 

Wading River Canoeing, 05/18/2008

 

Mullica River Canoeing, 05/19/2008

 

Club: Megan McGee and George H. Schnakenberg, Jr. leading with no club.

Date: 05/16_19/2008

Parking: All pressed dirt next to the road.  Saw one sticking metal pole, one driver had a flat tire.

Topo! Backroads Explorer Trace: PineBarrens_GPS20080516_19.tpo

Description File: PineBarrens_GPS20080516_19.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: PineBarrens_GPS20080516_19.gtm

Garmin MapSource Trace: PineBarrens_GPS20080516_19.gdb; PineBarrens_GPS20080516_19GSchnakenberg.gdb

Google Earth Trace: PineBarrens_GPS20080516_19.kmz

Universal GPS Format: PineBarrens_GPS20080516_19tpo.gpx - edited waypoints and routes;

    PineBarrens_GPS20080516_19gpstm.gpx;

    PineBarrens_GPS20080517GSchnakenberg.gpx;

    PineBarrens_GPS20080516.gpx; PineBarrens_GPS20080517.gpx; PineBarrens_GPS20080518.gpx; PineBarrens_GPS20080519.gpx;

    PineBarrens_GPS20080517.gpx; PineBarrens_GPS20080518GSchnakenberg.gpx; PineBarrens_GPS20080519GSchnakenberg.gpx

Photo Album: PineBarrens_GPS20080516_19

Notes: Hiking trails are in a very good shape.  Lots of rare wildflowers on the trails and in the rivers and bogs.

Warnings: Maps are sometimes outdated.  Lots of unblazed trails.  Lots of blowdowns on the rivers.