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Several miles of walking trails lead through hardwood forest up to the Princeton ridge and the headwaters of a tributary of Harry's Brook. It contains wetlands, frogs and salamanders, and over 60 species of native trees and shrubs, along with wildflowers, rare birds, and diabase rocks containing magnetite. After storms blew down a pine forest ...
The 96-acre (390,000 m 2) botanical garden contains a variety of plants, evergreens and deciduous trees and shrubs. The landscaping includes a crabapple vista, terraced gardens, perennial and annual gardens and woodland paths. The extensive gardens offer views of the Ramapo Mountains. Skylands Manor is open for tours one Sunday per month March ...
A Butterfly and Pollinator Garden showcases pollinator-attracting flowering plants. The forest is predominantly upland oak, with other deciduous trees and shrubs. In the spring, native wildflowers can be seen, such as trout lily; mayapple; spring beauty; and common blue violet, New Jersey's state flower.
Located just minutes from New York City, Palisades Interstate Park runs along 12 miles of the western shore of the Hudson River. Sitting near the New Jersey-New York border, the park consists of a ...
Hacklebarney State Park is a hiking destination year round. [citation needed] It has 978 acres (3.96 km 2) and multiple hiking trails throughout the park. Through the middle of the park runs the Black River. The river is fed by two brooks, Trout and Rinehart.
The arboretum began when the 16.5 acres of land was gifted to Cora Hartshorn in 1923 by Stewart Hartshorn on undeveloped woodland of oaks, tulip trees, dogwood, and beech. She designed a system of roads and walking paths; by 1938 there were 3 miles (4.8 km) of paths. In 1958, Cora died, and she willed the arboretum to the township. [1]
The arboretum was established in 1963 with 87 trees and is administered by the Monmouth County Shade Tree Commission with the Monmouth County Park System. It was named in honor of David C. Shaw, who was the superintendent of the Monmouth County Shade Tree Commission from 1963 to 2002. [1] The park aims to highlight ornamental trees and shrubs ...
The Batona Trail is a 53.5-mile (86.1 km) hiking trail through New Jersey's Pine Barrens.The trail is one of the longest in the state, behind the Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, the section of the Appalachian Trail within the state, the Liberty-Water Gap Trail, and the completed section of the Highlands Trail in the state.