Milford Bluffs

Milford Bluffs, Thomas F. Breden Preserve (8/30/2014)

Today we returned to the Route 78 corridor to hit another Hunterdon County preserve that's been on my list for some time. The Thomas F. Breden Preserve is probably best known for its amazing views over the Delaware River in the area refered to as the Milford Bluffs. And the views are spectacular.

Following the map in this brochure, we parked at the lot at the end of the dirt road off of Milford Warren Glen Road and headed into the woods following a path too convoluated to explain here. Suffice it to say we covered every blazed trail, every unblazed trail (indicated on the map) as well as spurs and trails not indicated on the map. There is plenty of hiking to do here and at least three spurs to spectacular views over the Delaware River, none of which are mentioned on the official map, probably because at least one of them is a bit tricky to get to (the one half-way along the cliff). With a slippery crumbling slate path descending quite steeply to the cliff, we had to be very careful getting to the lookout. I would not advise doing this in the rain!

Total distance hiked was 4 miles in 3 hours. For those interested, here is our track. You can zoom in after clicking on "Open in Google Maps" and then selecting Satellite view in the upper right.

(Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger image in a pop-up window)