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This is Hike #50 ("Cape May Point") in the book
Hiking New Jersey: A Guide to 50 of the Garden State's Greatest Hiking Adventures (2009), but with an extra bit of backtracking and regrouping, due to the fact
that an area covered by the hike was closed due to endangered bird nesting. This is a beautiful spot, and the furthest south that you can hike in New Jersey. The
day was very hot and humid, but there was virtually no elevation gain. On the other hand there also wasn't much shade, so be prepared if you're hiking this on a sunny day
like we did!
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 In the parking lot |
 Egrets in ... |
 ... Shallow Pond West |
 Zoom to the lighthouse |
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 Beautiful herons and reflections |
 Start of trail |
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 Boardwalk ... |
 ... through swamp |
 East Lighthouse Pond |
 Bird blind |
 Great blue heron |
 Red-winged Blackbird |
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 Some shade! |
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 Bees emerging from holes in the ground! |
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 Now trail is dirt |
 WW II bunker from trail |
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 Cat tails and lighthouse |
 Lovely shaded path |
 Awww! |
 Viewing platform |
 Wildflowers on trail |
 Parasailing |
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 Dragonfly |
 Heron |
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 Hare |
 Area closed off |
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 Swan and ibises |
 Egret and ducks |
 Lighthouse and Shallow Pond East |
 Another area closed |
 Bank Swallow |
 Abandoned bunker on beach |
 Informative sign |
 Atlantic Ocean |
 Bunker |
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 Side view of bunker |
 Shallow Pond West |
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