Nj Trail Guides

Appalachian Trail - Sunfish Pond

📍 Columbia, NJ

Strenuous 📏 6.4 Out-and-Back

Sunfish Pond sits atop Kittatinny Ridge at 1,382 feet elevation as New Jersey's only natural glacial lake, preserved by …

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Batona Trail Section

📍 Hammonton, NJ

Easy 📏 8.0 Out-and-Back

The Batona Trail winds through 53 miles of New Jersey Pine Barrens, and the Wharton State Forest section offers the most…

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Batsto Village Nature Trail

📍 Hammonton, NJ

Easy 📏 2.5 Loop

The Batsto Village Nature Trail combines a stroll through one of America's best-preserved 18th-century industrial villag…

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Delaware Water Gap

📍 Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Warren County, New Jersey

Moderate 📏 2.5 Out-and-Back

The Mount Tammany section via the Red Dot Trail offers one of the most dramatic short hikes along the Appalachian Trail …

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Dunnfield Creek Trail

📍 Columbia, NJ

Moderate 📏 4.6 Out-and-Back

The Dunnfield Creek Trail follows one of the most pristine stream corridors in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreatio…

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Mount Tammany Loop

📍 Columbia, NJ

Strenuous 📏 3.5 Loop

Mount Tammany rises 1,527 feet directly above the Delaware Water Gap, the dramatic river breach where the Delaware cuts …

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Mullica River Trail

📍 Hammonton, NJ

Easy 📏 4.0 Out-and-Back

The Mullica River Trail traces the bank of one of the finest wild rivers remaining in the Mid-Atlantic region, following…

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Ramapo Lake Loop

📍 Oakland, NJ

Moderate 📏 5.0 Loop

Ramapo Mountain State Forest's signature loop circles Ramapo Lake, a 120-acre reservoir impounded in the 1870s as a wate…

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Stony Lake Trail

📍 Branchville, NJ

Easy 📏 3.5 Loop

Stony Lake is the recreational heart of Stokes State Forest, a 56-acre glacial lake at 1,050 feet elevation ringed by mi…

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Tillman Ravine Trail

📍 Branchville, NJ

Moderate 📏 2.0 Loop

Tillman Ravine preserves the finest old-growth hemlock grove in New Jersey, a cathedral forest of eastern hemlocks up to…

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Todd Trail to MacEvoy Trail

📍 Oakland, NJ

Moderate 📏 4.8 Loop

The Todd Trail to MacEvoy Trail loop explores the lesser-visited western sector of Ramapo Mountain State Forest, passing…

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Torne View Trail

📍 Oakland, NJ

Moderate 📏 3.5 Out-and-Back

The Torne View Trail offers the most direct and dramatic approach to Ramapo Torne, climbing 800 feet over 1.75 miles on …

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Tower Trail to Sunrise Mountain

📍 Branchville, NJ

Moderate 📏 4.8 Out-and-Back

Sunrise Mountain is the highest accessible summit in Stokes State Forest at 1,653 feet, reached via a 4.8-mile out-and-b…

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