Favorite Spot in Wharton
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Hmmm, good question. Limiting it to Wharton makes it easier to answer. I would say the Great Swamp in Hammonton, though it is not a "single" spot. If I thought about it for more that 15 seconds I would probably not be able to choose just one area.
Jeff
Jeff
Apple Pie Hill is a mess anymore, so that surely would not be mine. I would have to say standing in the middle of the massive savannah close by the Wescoat Bogs, or anyplace such as that since it is not accessible directly by vehicle. If it was I would have to choose someplace else.
Guy
Guy
Well, I use to be one ( Land Cruiser ) but there is so much more to the pines than that. I have learned more about the pines and visited more places since then, that those days are not missed at all by me. Enjoy it now, but one day you may find as I have that there are more choices than just the fork in the road.
Guy
Guy
Same here. Nearly destroyed two Jeeps before I got smart. I also learned that bushwacking through the woods is the ultimate "off-road" adventure.
00xj54 said:
Vehicles vs. foot travel
I can't help but think of the pines in the Macro and the Micro (sorry, fomer economics major). I started off my interest in the Macro: on a motorcyle mostly trying to cover as much ground as possible, trying to get the big picture, trying to get a sense of where everything was in relation to itself. Apple pie hill, the forked river mountains, the panoramic. Then as time went on I began to get into the micro: bushwacking, fishing, study of the flora and fauna, geology and history. It is amazing how 50 square feet of the pines can be as interesting as 50 square miles. You can see it through a telescrope or a microscope. Both approaches are fullfilling and worth while, and both provide tremendous opportunity for discovery.
Jeff
woodjin said:
A bit off-topic, but I'm curious as to why you guys tend to say "Forked River Mountains" in the plural? Is that intentional? Of course it conjures up visions of a vast mountain range, but I think there is only one place that could be considered a "mountain," and even that requires a stretch of the imagination
Or have I missed something in my wanderings through that area?The state and Nature Conservancy favor the singular version:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/wmamaps/forked_river_mountain.pdf
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newjersey/work/art15459.html
Boyd said:A bit off-topic, but I'm curious as to why you guys tend to say "Forked River Mountains" in the plural? Is that intentional? Of course it conjures up visions of a vast mountain range, but I think there is only one place that could be considered a "mountain," and even that requires a stretch of the imagination
The state and Nature Conservancy favor the singular version:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/wmamaps/forked_river_mountain.pdf
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newjersey/work/art15459.html
They consider it an "area" where I and I assume some others consider it a place. There are actually two mountains that are the Forked River Mountains, at least in my opinion.
Having camped on them in the early 70's hundred's of times, I guess I came to the conclusion there are just two, since to get from one of our campsites to the other, we had to travel down to the "valley" between them to get to the other camp. When actually there are numerous other hills in the area, with some of them removed by the sand company in the mid 70's.
So to just call it "Mountain" seems wrong to me, but just now looking over many of the old maps I have that is what they call it. Maybe Beck had a big factor in me calling them "mountains" since the last chapter in "More Forgotten Towns" is called "The Forked River Mountains". This time I tend to agree with Beck.
Guy
