Batona Trail Guide?
- Thread starter bdossman
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Hey,
Log onto www.njparksandforests.org
You can then contact either Brendan T.Byrne, Wharton, or Bass River offices and they will take care of making reservations for you. I recommend calling during the week as BTB and BR offices are closed on weekends during the winter.
Log onto www.njparksandforests.org
You can then contact either Brendan T.Byrne, Wharton, or Bass River offices and they will take care of making reservations for you. I recommend calling during the week as BTB and BR offices are closed on weekends during the winter.
Hey bdossman,
Welcome to the site! The Botona trail is around 50 miles long and camp sites to do a continuing hike are quite spread out I think you would have to do a marathon hike . If you start at Carpenters springs in ongs hat then you would have pakim pond ,not sure there are camp sites there after that the next camp site is Batona camps across from the caranza memorial then Lower forge on the batsto. the next sites after that are Bodine field off of rt 679 near harrisonville lake, then bass river will be the end. It is all very beautiful and just a few sections come any where near civilization, there is alot of very diverse terrain . I wish you the best on that venture. Unfortunately New Jersey is very adamant about using only designated sites ,so any wilderness camping isn't permitted, which is a shame cuz i would much rather camp in or near a cedar swamp than an open area
Welcome to the site! The Botona trail is around 50 miles long and camp sites to do a continuing hike are quite spread out I think you would have to do a marathon hike . If you start at Carpenters springs in ongs hat then you would have pakim pond ,not sure there are camp sites there after that the next camp site is Batona camps across from the caranza memorial then Lower forge on the batsto. the next sites after that are Bodine field off of rt 679 near harrisonville lake, then bass river will be the end. It is all very beautiful and just a few sections come any where near civilization, there is alot of very diverse terrain . I wish you the best on that venture. Unfortunately New Jersey is very adamant about using only designated sites ,so any wilderness camping isn't permitted, which is a shame cuz i would much rather camp in or near a cedar swamp than an open area
There is no campsite open north of Batona campground in Wharton. The Brendan Byrne campsites are closed until April. They are not far from Pakim Pond but closed for the winter. You would have to hike trough to Batona about 20 miles for the first open campsites.
There used to be a hiking club from Philly with a web site and lots of info on it, but it looks like their site no longer works. Here is a Scout troop site with some info, maybe already given to you, and what used to be a link to the club.
http://troop330.cyberpuppi.com/Batona.htm
http://troop330.cyberpuppi.com/Batona.htm