A Guide to Green New Jersey: Nature Walks in the Garden State - Softcover

Rosenfeld, Lucy D.; Harrison, Marina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813532302 ISBN 13: 9780813532301

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2003

Synopsis

New Jersey is a state of surprises. Did you know there was a castle in Passaic County? Or that Essex County’s Branch Brook Park, rather than Washington, D.C., has the largest concentration of flowering cherry trees outside of Japan? Did you know you could walk through a bamboo forest on the Rutgers University campus, dig for fossils in Middletown’s Poricy Brook, visit an owl haven on the site of the Battle of Monmouth, or see wild river otters in Salem County?

Despite its proximity to major urban areas and its high population density, the state has dozens of absolutely marvelous natural areas and preserved spaces. It boasts something for everyone, from Atlantic seashore to rugged mountains, rolling farmland to winding canals, historic trails to formal gardens, bird-filled marshes to hardwood forests, pine barrens to fragrant vineyards and orchards. There are outings for hikers, bikers, beachcombers, gardeners, power-walkers, and strollers of all kinds, and A Guide to Green NewJersey is your key to finding it all.

The book is conveniently organized into forty geographic areas, spotlighting more than 200 nature walks. Each entry includes a description, visitor hours, fees, driving accessibility, and other pertinent information for walkers. At the end of the book, the authors provide an index with the names of each site, and their guide to choosing an outing according to individual tastes and interests. They identify sites that are wheelchair accessible, especially fun for kids, best for bicyclists, and those that are particularly physically challenging.

Newcomers to the state will find the book indispensable, and long-time New Jerseyans will find it a pleasantly eye-opening guide to wonderful walks right in their own backyards.

About this title

About the Author:

Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison have published six guidebooks together, most recently Southern Gardenwalks, and Gardenwalks: Exploring 101 Beautiful Gardens in the Northeast. They have also published off-beat guides to nature walks and public art in unusual settings.

Review:

Chock-full of information and directions to what's available from the well known to the obscure. -- Courier-News, March 26, 2003

Directions are clear and concise . . . descriptions make you want to don your hiking boots and take off on your walk. -- Asbury Park Press, 3/30/03

About this edition

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0813532302
• ISBN 13: 9780813532301
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224