South Jersey Trailheads Map

[MikeBickerson]

All the South Jersey hikes I've documented so far (100+), in one convenient Google Map.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en_US&app=mp&mid=zHMMSPVsm8jY.k9IovO_5Sq0U

I'm sad, because I figured out how to add GPS tracks, but Google limits you to only 10 layers, and each GPS track has to be its own layer.

Still have 100 trails or so to do on my list (and I know my list is far from complete), this project is going to take way longer than I thought...

 

[GermanG]

Thank you! Should prove to be a valuable resource for lots of folks.

 

[manumuskin]

if you click on the maurice river bluffs icon there is a little kid sitting at a picnice tabe.That it where me mom and dad used to camp and fish all the time back when this was all private property in the 70's.the picnice table is on the exact spot the tent used to sit

 

[Keith_A]

I'm sad, because I figured out how to add GPS tracks, but Google limits you to only 10 layers, and each GPS track has to be its own layer.

I hear you there.

 

[nipsey russell]

this is awesome, thanks! I have been creating a similar map for myself over the years (focused around where i live, but with some pines additions: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zLcz6Hi5RESA.kqEIaVptJxvk&msa=0). Question, i hand drew batona on my map, do you know how can i get the actual accurate one ported to my map?
Word of caution, google occasionally updates the map stuff....seemingly to make it less useful over time.

 

[nipsey russell]

ok, i have got to figure out how you made this so nice with the photos and little pop up pages per spot, this is great.

 

[manumuskin]

There is a seven mile loop trail in Belleplain state forest that goes from lake Nummy to East Creek lake and back up the other side of savages Run.It's blazed white.You appear to have missed that one.Great map by the way.

 

[MikeBickerson]

Thanks Manumuskin! I haven't done many of the trails at Belleplain, I'll have to add the white trail to the to-do list...

 

[MikeBickerson]

Russell, love your map.

You can directly import GPS files as layers onto Google maps. One of the users here had a full GPS track of the Batona and was kind enough to let me use it for my map...

 

[manumuskin]

Thanks Manumuskin! I haven't done many of the trails at Belleplain, I'll have to add the white trail to the to-do list...

I"ll make up a map with the approximate route and post it here.Give me a few minutes.

 

[manumuskin]

Okay this is pretty close to the exact route at least from the best my memory can tell.It used to be blazed white,I imagine it still is.I forget the name of the trail so I named the map Nummy Trail.east of east Creek Pond it is a very wet trail for a mile or so.Some times you'll be walking in water for hundreds of yards at a stretch and the laurel is so thick you pretty much have to stay in the trail.Lot of ticks too.Got filled with ticks every time I walked it in warm weather. Nice walk though.Savages Run is a very nice but narrow cedar swamp.

 

[manumuskin]

http://www.njhiking.com/nj-hikes-belleplain-state-forest/
just found this
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?msa=0&mid=1EoGGCCtq1jB2wp-GfxK9-WinvHE

 

[manumuskin]

PS park down at east Creek lake trailhead at the SW corner of the lak where the boat ramp is and you won't have to pay any fee to hike the trail.In summer you have to pay to get into Nummy.

 

[manumuskin]

Last time I went there none of those boardwalk were there.Looks like they've sissified the trail some what.

 

[manumuskin]

Many of the red trails they show on this map are driveable dirt roads.The cinder trail is named that because it's a road surfaced with slag.
I had forgot about Pickle Pond Trail.They had just made that trail about the time I moved out of Belleplain.I walked it a few times,once to get to a really big stone which i believe is a Proprietor Stone. A few big stones on this map area. Pickle pond trail would probably make it ten or eleven miles if you extended it down there and walked back to Nummy.

 

[Boyd]

Thanks Manumuskin! I haven't done many of the trails at Belleplain, I'll have to add the white trail to the to-do list...

If you have a Garmin GPS, my 2012 NJ map has pretty much all of the Belleplain trails: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/294/

If you don't have a Garmin GPS, you can still use my map on your computer with Garmin's free Basecamp program. Some people still prefer their older Mapsource software which is also free: http://www8.garmin.com/support/mappingsw.jsp

 

[MikeBickerson]

Okay this is pretty close to the exact route at least from the best my memory can tell.It used to be blazed white,I imagine it still is.I forget the name of the trail so I named the map Nummy Trail.east of east Creek Pond it is a very wet trail for a mile or so.Some times you'll be walking in water for hundreds of yards at a stretch and the laurel is so thick you pretty much have to stay in the trail.Lot of ticks too.Got filled with ticks every time I walked it in warm weather. Nice walk though.Savages Run is a very nice but narrow cedar swamp.

This one just totally made my list once the cold weather hits (kid had tick on him yesterday, so time to start avoiding heavy growth areas). The google map is really helpful, thanks!

 

[MikeBickerson]

If you have a Garmin GPS, my 2012 NJ map has pretty much all of the Belleplain trails: http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/294/

If you don't have a Garmin GPS, you can still use my map on your computer with Garmin's free Basecamp program. Some people still prefer their older Mapsource software which is also free: http://www8.garmin.com/support/mappingsw.jsp

Awesome! Thanks Boyd.

I do have a Garmin, but it's been gathering dust. This is a good excuse to get it out and try to remember how to load maps onto it.