Table of Contents
Hikes at a Glance 8
Acknowledgments 12
Introduction 13
I Ridge and Valley 25
1 South of High Point 26
2 Blue Mountain Loop Trail 30
3 Rattlesnake Swamp-Appalachian Trail Loop 34
4 Mount Tammany 38
II Highlands 43
5 Ramapo Valley County Reservation 44
6 Ramapo Lake and the Van Slyke Castle 49
7 Ringwood Manor Circular 54
8 Skylands Manor 59
9 Lake Sonoma and Overlook Rock 65
10 Wyanokie Circular 69
11 Carris Hill 75
12 Torne Mountain-Osio Rock 79
13 Terrace Pond 83
14 Bearfort Ridge 88
15 Pequannock Watershed 94
16 Wawayanda State Park 100
17 Appalachian Trail-Stairway to Heaven 105
18 Pyramid Mountain 109
19 Mount Hope Historical Park 114
20 Mahlon Dickerson Reservation 118
21 Jenny Jump State Forest 123
22 Point Mountain 128
23 Schooley's Mountain County Park 132
24 Black River Trails 136
25 Merrill Creek Reservoir 141
26 Dismal Harmony Natural Area 147
27 Jockey Hollow 151
28 Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary 156
III Piedmont 161
29 Palisades 162
30 Rockleigh Woods Sanctuary and Lamont Reserve 167
31 High Mountain 171
32 South Mountain Reservation 175
33 Watchung Reservation 182
34 Sourland Mountain Preserve 188
35 D & R Canal-Washington Crossing to Scudder's Falls 192
36 D & R Canal-Bull's Island to Stockton 197
37 D & R Canal-Kingston to Rocky Hill 203
38 D & R Canal-Weston to East Millstone 208
IV Coastal Plain 213
39 Cheesequake State Park 214
40 Hartshorne Woods Park 219
41 Allaire State Park 223
42 Cattus Island 228
43 Island Beach State Park 232
44 Wells Mills County Park 236
45 Bass River State Forest 240
46 Brendan T. Byrne (Lebanon) State Forest 244
47 Carranza Memorial to Apple Pie Hill 250
48 Mullica River Wilderness 255
49 Parvin State Park 260
50 Belleplain State Forest-East Creek Trail 265
Resources 270