ABOUT THE PARK:
Wharton State Forest - NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Batona Trail Brochure - NJ Department of Environmental Protection
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 39.645085, -74.646923
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| Batsto Visitor Center Parking Lot |
TRAIL MAP:
Batona Trail Brochure - NJ Department of Environmental Protection
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HIKE DISTANCE: 12.5 miles (6.25 miles each way)
THE HIKE:
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| To hit the Batona Trail, accept the connection trail to the correct of the edifice at the far destination of the parking lot. |
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| At the sign, plough correct to caput southward on the Batona Trail. |
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| Crossing Washington Turnpike. |
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| A correct on Washington Turnpike ... |
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| ... for a real curt distance ... |
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| ... thus dorsum into the woods. |
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| Where GoogleMaps shows the Batona Trail next named roads, this would live what those roads await like. |
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| A quick touching Tylertown Road earlier heading dorsum into the woods to the right. |
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| Birds were everywhere simply were non real cooperative. |
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| After mile 16.5 at that topographic point were several flooded spots simply nosotros were able to larn roughly all of them. |
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| It took some convincing to larn Mr. I-Don't-Like-Wet-Paws Brodie to cross. |
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| He eventually did. |
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| Side trail to Buttonwood Hill Camp. |
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| Crossing Bulltown Road. |
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| This plane off to the left ... |
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| ... solely gave me this side to photograph. |
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| At mile marking 13, our plough roughly point. |
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| Taking a intermission at the 14.5 mile marker. |
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| The H2O crossing went improve this fourth dimension since he knew he would survive. |
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| And waaaaaaaay off to the correct ... (It was to a greater extent than of a bushwhack to hit it than I realized.) |
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| Balloon #4 of the year. |
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| A glove that was non at that topographic point earlier thus I left it inwards instance the possessor was coming dorsum that way. |
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| Another bird's behind. |
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| A left on the connection trail ... |
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| ... dorsum to the parking lot. |