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So in the past year or so I've been checking out a lot of hills and "mountains" in the pines using an atlas and gazetteer. I've been meaning to check out Jemima Mount for a while and had the opportunity on Sunday. Wow, what a neat place. As with most hills and rises in the pines usually things...

Ok, I know I should probably know this already, but I've read before in books about our local South Jersey native stones, but is it Sandstone, or Ironstone, or both? Everyone I've ever known has called it sandstone, but the way most books refer to this stone used in foundations, they call it NJ...

I know there are a lot of yakers here so I figured someone has done this already. A group of friends and myself are going to be kayaking the GEHR from Sicklerville to Penny Pot on the beautiful Sunday were supposed to have this weekend. Has anyone ever gone this route before? I've never heard...

I know this line has been getting talked about a lot lately, but I found something interesting the other day I figured some might like. Almost exactly a mile south of Harris Station, Delorme Atlas loc. 56 - J10, is a ballasted section of the tracks that looks like it may have been redone right...

I know this might not technically be in the Pine Barrens, but since it involves historical stuff in the woods, I figured I'd share. I took a stroll down the rail-trail that was part of the PRSL Williamstown Branch the other day and heading west from Fries Mill Rd. I noticed at about 100 yards...

I was planning on asking the Mays Landing Historical Society as well, but figured someone here had to know. Has anyone ever heard of a Sand Quarry in Mizpah right off the old PRSL railroad tracks. It's about a mile East from Strand Ave. and has quite a lot of old concrete ruins there. It looks...

I know there have been a lot of threads on this site before, but I was wondering if any attempts have ever been made to preserve the structures at the amatol site? I know many of the pouring buildings still stand but have trees growing through them which could end up destroying them faster than...