Product Description

This completely updated treasury of trails takes you to the best wild places in the Garden State.

New Jersey holds much for hikers to explore, and this completely updated edition leads the way along the Appalachian Ridge; over the ragged Wyanokies; through the hauntingly remote pine barrens; and into the marshes, dunes, and sifting sands of the seacoast. With excursions from 1.5 to 28 miles in length, accompanied by driving directions, trailhead information, difficulty ratings, and detailed maps, this roster of hikes will suit everyone from families out for a nature walk to adventurous backpackers up for challenge.

Known more for its urban areas than its green spaces, the Garden State is actually a crossroads for major interstate trails including the Maine-to-Georgia Appalachian Trail, the 150-mile Highlands Trail, and the 60-mile Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trail. Local trail networks crisscross the state and the authors offer their choice picks, sharing the geology, lore, and natural and human history along the way. 51 black & white photographs, 51 maps, index.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #203097 in Books
• Size: 50 Hikes: New Jersey
• Brand: W.W. Norton & Company
• Published on: 2006-06-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Bruce Scofield, a New Jersey native, is a freelance writer, photographer, and astrological consultant. Among his books are Hiking the Pioneer Valley, High Peaks of the Northeast, and Short Escapes in New England. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. H. Neil Zimmerman and Stella Green, respectively former president and vice president of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, are co-authors of 50 Hikes in the Lower Hudson Valley. Neil is a past Chair of the American Hiking Society and lives in New York City. Stella lives in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Customer Reviews

Top-notch guide
I love the way this book is organized. Rather than describe a series of hiking opportunities in New Jersey, the authors carefully culled through hundreds of trails and picked out the most exciting hikes in the state. They even patched together multiple trails in within most parks so you would get the best bang out of the time invested. The descriptions are accurate and fun to read. I tried three of them so far and look forward to doing the other 47.

Great book for day hikes in and about NJ.
In the first weeks of owning the book, I have done 3 of the hikes so far, Governor's Mtn, Manor circular, and Carris Hill, although I was already familiar with the parking lots, trailheads through many years mtn biking and hiking in the area, I found the descriptions to be top notch and accurate. Using those descriptions and a simple NYNJTC topo map (with GPS coordinates!) navigation is a snap. GPS is practically unnecessary since most of the trails are well marked. Even though I have only done three of the trips in there, I am very familiar with most of the places mentioned there, the Palisades, Wawayanda, Jockey Hollow, etc. as I've hiked or biked there before I got this book. The book is an excellent day trip for the beginner to intermediate day tripper, fits nicely even in small camelback type devices. My only wish is they included the trail blaze color in the maps they provide, makes for faster quick reference when hiking.

Jay