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Buttermilk Falls/Crater Lake

One of the New Jersey’s most popular hiking destinations is Buttermilk Falls in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. There’s a reason for that-this is one of the prettiest places in the state. The falls themselves, which are listed as the “highest” in New Jersey at about 85 feet, range from just plain gorgeous to spectacular depending upon the flow are the main attraction. Most…

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Terrace Pond North-The Other Way Up

Terrace Pond is one of the most popular hiking destinations in New Jersey. It is a beautiful place that is also reasonably accessible. Most visitors make the trip up to the pond from Clinton Road. There is a large parking area and you have your choice of a couple of different routes up the hillside to this hidden gem. The climb up is modest and the reward is great. That’s not the hike I’m…

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Terrace Pond Update****

Trail Changes

The very first hike featured on Yo Hike This! was the trip up to Terrace Pond. You can check it out here.Terrace Pond is one of the most popular hiking spots in northern New Jersey. This is for a good reason. It is a beautiful place to hike and is fairly accessible to most hikers. The New York-New Jersey Trails Conference is in the process of making some changes and additions to the…

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Milford Knob/DWGNRA

Here’s a terrific hike just across the Delaware River on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. While it’s not a Jersey hike, you’ll be looking at views out over the New Jersey countryside nearly the entire time. This hike covers just under 8 miles and has about 1,000 feet of vertical climb-much of it packed into the first 1.4 miles of the trip. Plan on taking…

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Baldpate Mountain/Ted Stiles Preserve

This isn’t the most spectacular hike that I’ll take you on here but it is, above all, a pleasant journey. The Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain is a modest place in both size (although at 1,500 acres this isn’t a tiny parcel of public land) and terrain. The hike I describe here clocks in at just about 8 miles and has over 1,000 feet in cumulative vertical climb. Not bad for a place where…

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Rockaway River WMA/Mahlon Dickerson

As I’ve said before in another post, hiking the state’s wildlife management areas isn’t for everyone. They are usually pretty wild places without many, or even any, marked hiking trails. This hike will do nothing to change that notion. I’ve been spending a lot of time walking this area lately for a trails planning project that I’m working on and it took a while to get a good handle on this huge…

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Wildcat Ridge WMA/Hawkwatch

New Jersey’s Fish & Wildlife Areas generally don’t have a lot of marked hiking trails. These properties are managed primarily for hunting and fishing. They are located all over the state and comprise over 356,000 acres of publicly accessible preserved land. You can find one near you from this list. If you’re comfortable navigating with a USGS topographic map, you can explore these sites and some…

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Coppermine Trail/AT

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

This is a great hike-actually two hikes. There’s the long version (10.8 miles) – a back way up to Sunfish Pond-and the not-so-long version (6 miles)-a climb up to the Kittatinny Ridge and back. Whether you go the full distance or not, either route would be a great way to enjoy some of the best scenery in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.…

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Pocono Environmental Education Center

Let me take you on a very nice day trip to eastern Pennsylvania. This is a hike just outside of New Jersey. In fact, at one point you will get a very nice view of the Kittatinny Ridge, just on the other side of the Delaware River back in the Garden State. The Pocono Environmental Education Centerin Dingman’s Ferry, PA offers 12 miles of hiking trails that are fairly challenging and that provide…

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Schooley's Mountain Park

Schooley’s Mountain Park

Here’s a modest hike that gives you a little bit of everything. Beautiful scenery, a little bit of a climb, a great view, waterfalls and a great destination for a day trip in one package. Schooley’s Mountain Parkin Long Valley is a terrific place to hike. This is a kid-friendly hike that has interesting things to see and a destination where you can relax and enjoy a picnic lunch if you want to…

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I had been resisting going back to Ramapo Mountain State Forest. The last time I hiked here, Route 287 was still under construction and the Cannonball Trail and Hoferlin Memorial Trail had recently…

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Ramapo Mountain State Forest

I had been resisting going back to Ramapo Mountain State Forest. The last time I hiked here, Route 287 was still under construction and the Cannonball Trail and Hoferlin Memorial Trail had recently been re-routed onto a bridge crossing the new highway. Travelers on 287 will see the bridge with the sign “Cannonball Trail” as they pass near exit 57 for Skyline Drive. The proximity of the highway…

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