Hiking Trail Information
Joe Ciccone
email: joehikers@jciccone.com
NJ Hiking Trail Map
Web Directory
Next Hike Information
Directions To Lucent Whippany Lobby
Hiking Photographs
Hiking Trail Event History
Bears In New Jersey
Next Hike Information
Trail #2 - South of High Point
Hiking Date and Status:
Saturday November 1st
Cancelled Due to 13" of snow on the trail
Last Update: October 30th
Customary Practice:
Plan for a five hour hike
Bring a lunch and plenty of water
Bevarages supplied
(soda and beer)
at hike's end
Attendance:
Please inform us of your attendance (respond to email address joehikers@jciccone.com)
Waiting time is 15 minutes from hike time for individuals attending
Hiking Trail Precautions:
Tick and bug spray recommended
Footwear for hiking recommended
Weather Conditions:
Partly Sunny high of 58 - click here for weather info
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Last Update:
October 30th
Meeting Time and Location:
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1 AM at the Apalacian Trail (AT) parking lot.
Directions to Hiking Trail:
Coming from I-287 going South.
Take I-287 to Exit 52A-B for NJ23.
(North bound I-287take exit 52B)
Take NJ23 West about 35.3 miles
High Point State Park Ranger's Office is on the left
Follow the
Directions to Hiking Trail
Map Directions From
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Do not refer to any address provided by Google. Only use map routes and roads.
Hiking Trail Distance, and Difficulty
Hiking Trail Attractions
Vista of Sawmill Lake
Vista of Delaware River
Dutch Shoe Rock Vista of Pochuck and Wawayanda Mountains
Lake Rutherford
Several Brooks and a Foot Bridge
Directions To Lucent Whippany Lobby
Coming from Holmdel going north on the GSP:
Take GSP to exit 142, Rte 78 east.
Bear right at the toll booths, the two right most toll booths take you to Rte 78 east.
Go about 1 mile and take exit 54, Hillside exit.
Take the first right to Hillside.
Bear right at the intersection and go over the bridge.
Immediately after the bridge take a right to Rte 78 west.
Make no turns or exits until you reach exit 1B (about 15 miles ), Rte 78 west turns into Rte 24 west in about 5 miles.
While on Rte 24 west take exit 1B, Rte 511, Whippany Road.
The Lucent Technologies facility is on your right, about 3 miles.
Interesting Photographs - Contributed by in ()
Carris Hill Hike Nov. 1999 (Jeanine Pan)
Turtle Pictures (Joe Ciccone)
Pyramid Mountain Oct. 2001 (Vladmir Oksman)
Sandy Hook April 2002 (Bill Jackwicz)
Wawayanda State Park Sept. 2002 (Monica Cheng and Pi-Chun Chen)
Carris Hill Oct. 2002 (Nan Feng and Pi-Chun Chen)
High Mountain June 2003 (Adam Chen)
Crane Mountain - AdirondackAugust 2003 (Eric Christensen)
Patterson Iron Mine August 2003 (Don Johnson)
Lewis Morris County Park Sept. 2003 (Don Johnson)
Bald Mountain - Harriman NY Oct. 2003 (Nan Feng, Pi-Chun Cheng [PC], Mort Herman)
Wawayanda State Park Sept. 2006 (Rick Levin)
Cedar Swamp and High Point Oct. 2006 (Zhibing Pan)
Hacklebarney State Park June 2007 (Joe Ciccone)
Hartshorne Woods Park July 2007 (Joe Ciccone)
Watchung Reservation May 2008 (Sigen Ye & John Havens)
Governor Mountain June 2008 (Sigen Ye & Shuang Yu)
Terrace Pond August 2008 (John Havens & Raeann Wu)
South of High Point October 2008 (Kathy Martel & Joe Ciccone)
Hiking Event History
1998:
Trail #23 - Sherman Hoffman Sanctuary/Patriot's Trail
Trail #27 - Watchung Reservation
Trail #37 - Hartshorne Woods Park
NY Harriman - Bear Mountain
1999:
Trail #16 - Pyramid Mountain
Trail #22 - Jockey Hollow
NJ Kitatinny Park
Trail #11 - Norvin Green State Forest
Trail #19 - Mahlon Dickerson Reservation
Trail #12 - Carris Hill
2000:
Trail #20 - Allamuchy Mountain State Park
Trail #25 - Merrill Creek Reservoir
Trail #21 - Jenny Jump State Forest
Trail #5 - Mount Tammany
2001:
Trail #28 - Great Swamp
Trail #14 - Terrace Pond
Trail #37 - Hartshorne Woods Park
Trail #36 - Cheesequake State Park
Trail #16 - Pyramid Mountain
2002:
Trail #38 - Sandy Hook (Gateway National Recreation Area)
Lewis Morris Park
Trail #25 - Merrill Creek Reservoir
Trail #17 - Wawayanda State Park
Trail #12 - Carris Hill
2003:
Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Circuit Trail #4 - High Mountain
Adirondack - NY
Patterson Iron Mine
Lewis Morris Park
Bald Mountain - Harriman NY
2004:
Trail #37 - Hartshorne Woods Park
Trail #4 - Rattlesnake Swamp to Catfish Pond
Trail #25 - Merrill Creek Reservoir
Bald Mountain - Harriman NY
2005:
Trail # 26 - Palisades
Trail #20 - Allamuchy Mountain State Park
Trail #17 - Wawayanda State Park
Trail #11 - Norvin Green State Forest
2006:
Trail #26 - Palisades
Trail #37 - Hartshorne Woods Park
Trail #17 - Wawayanda State Park
Trail #1 - Cedar Swamp and High Point
2007:
Trail #36 - Cheesequake State Park
Trail #24 - Hacklebarney State Park
Trail #37 - Hartshorne Woods Park
Trail #14 - Terrace Pond
Lewis Morris Park
2008:
Trail #27 - Watchung Reservation
Trail #10 - Governor Mountain
Trail #14 - Terrace Pond
Trail #2 - South of High Point
Co-Founders, 1998:
Joe Ciccone
Chu Ng
Zhibing Pan
