Hiking Options for New Year s Day
Ideas for Your First Weekend Hike
New Jersey s State Parks have cancelled their annual First Day Hikes on New Year s Day 2021 to avoid the large gatherings in state parks.
Wintry weather is predicted for this weekend, so why not keep an eye on the forecast and try to fit in a First Weekend hike on D&R Greenway s preserved lands? Be sure to wear sturdy boots!
This winter hike takes you past an abandoned quarry and 18th Century oaks, bringing you shoulder-to-shoulder with Washington s Army. writes the
Delaware River Towns Magazine in a story about D&R Greenway s Rockhopper Trail (pages 80-81). Sections of Rockhopper were used by the Continental Army when marching to the Battle of Monmouth. One end of the 9.3-mile hike starts at the edge of Lambertville and climbs toward Route 518. Learn more here.