“Rough and Tumble Pine Plains," A PBX Hike

[Teegate]

There actually is a Burlington County monument 40 and 40A, and today we searched for 40A. It was an interesting search taking us down an old farm property line. We could still see much of the fence and while at the monument the most intact post was clearly there.


First, Burlington County 40A. This one is different than the rest with a screw head in the center top and much shorter.

Old farm fence post.

The area looked to me one that would have plenty of box turtles. It had a similar appearance to an area Manumuskin took me to much further down South Jersey where we stumbled on plenty of them. So as we walked down the road I mentioned to Jessica we would find one today.

Male Box Turtle

On our way home we found this lady slipper growing as they seldom do in the middle of a road.

 

[manumuskin]

I find many many more box turtles down here then I do up in the core area of the barrens. I wonder if they prefer oak woods to pine? Perhaps more mushrooms of which I"ve seen then chowing down on several times?

 

[1Jerseydevil]

Anything mentioned what the stone Eldridge measured from represents? Does the vertical line from the stone mean anything?
I think you could find the Lost Dutchman's gold mine if you put your mind to it, LOL

Probably monument 38 was damaged when the easement was cleared? Lucky it's still there at all, let alone under a huge tree.

 

[Teegate]

Anything mentioned what the stone Eldridge measured from represents? Does the vertical line from the stone mean anything?
I think you could find the Lost Dutchman's gold mine if you put your mind to it, LOL

Probably monument 38 was damaged when the easement was cleared? Lucky it's still there at all, let alone under a huge tree.

Yes, the stone was the property corner of Bass River State Forrest. You can see it on the Oswego Quad. Unfortunately, the Live Maps on this site no longer has topos which makes it hard to show. So here is a digital copy of the quad. Notice how the property line does not follow the county line. This may have been a mistake years ago by a surveyor who had the county line wrong, or maybe it is correct. In any event it is what it is.

 

[1Jerseydevil]

Thanks. I know when doing research you have to look at ALL sources. I often do this when studying an area looking at all aerial photo's, satellite, atlas's, topo's if I have, etc.

 

[Teegate]

I found Burlington County monument 31 today on Beaver Dam Road near the FAA tower. It is underground and marked by a wooden stake and tape on a tree.

 

[1Jerseydevil]

Your something else, LOL
I guess someone else put the wood stake? That won't last long.