Hiking New Jersey

This addition of Daytripping with Shawn Michaels we are going to Buttermilk Falls. New Jersey is not known for huge waterfalls, so Buttermilk Falls, nearly 100 feet, is one of our largest natural waterfalls in the state. It's a beautiful site and it's at the beginning of the hike, so it's the first thing you see upon arriving...

We continue our series "Hiking New Jersey" with a stop closer to home right here at the Jersey Shore in Ocean County at Island Beach State Park. This, of course, is a much different hike than previous because it is a flat hike with lots of beach sand...

Established in 1982, the Lenape Trail links a dozen county and municipal parks, a rail trail, historic areas, and other landmarks along a 34-mile route in Essex County. The trail was a joint undertaking of the Sierra Club and the Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.   ...

This edition of "Hiking New Jersey" finds us in Washington Township, Burlington County at the Batsto Historic Village. Batsto is part of the Wharton State Forest. This State park area spreads out to three counties ... Atlantic, Burlington and Camden Counties. ...

The lighthouse is the second oldest in New Jersey and the only remaining land based lighthouse on the Delaware Bay.   If your looking for a lighthouse daytrip then maybe a trip to Cumberland County. East Poi...

One of the largest battles of the American Revolution took place in the fields and forests that now make up Monmouth Battlefield State Park. The park preserves a splendid rural 18th-century landscape of hilly farmland and hedgerows that encompasses miles of hiking and horseback riding trails, picnic areas, a restored Revolutionary War farmhouse and a visitors center...

It's another edition of "Daytripping with Shawn Michaels" as we continue our series "Hiking New Jersey", this time at the Edwin B Forsythe Wildlife Refuge in Atlantic County. Forsythe park is located in Oceanville, New Jersey and offers a great scenic view, bird-watching, and hiking...

It's another addition of "Daytripping with Shawn Michaels" and we continue our series "Hiking New Jersey". This time we are in Ocean County at Wells Mills County Park in Waretown. This park is easy to access right off the Garden State Parkway at Exit 69 in Waretown. Thi...

It's another "webisode" of Daytripping with Shawn Michaels. This time we are hiking New Jersey! We took a trip to Hacklebarney State Park in Chester in Hunterdon County. This State Park made the Top 10 Best Places To Hike In the Garden State according to njhiking.com ...