Rutgers University Ecological Preserve

Rutgers University Ecological Preserve (6/29/2013)

Last week Shawnee and Daisy took Daniela hiking in this lovely spot on my old college stomping grounds. Though there aren't any views, vistas, lakes or ponds, it's a beautiful little tranquil area in an otherwise very busy New Brunswick. We tried parking in Johnson Park where Daniela parked, but all the entrances to the park were blocked by either city police or park police cars (though the park was clearly open and folks were managing to park in lots further from the action). We did manage to park a bit further west in a lot right off River Road which added just a bit more of a grassy walk to get to the trail head.

Using this map we followed a route too convoluted to describe here. Suffice it to say, we covered almost all of Orange, nearly all of Green, all of Red, part of White and about half of Blue (the eastern leg). Our track can be found here.

Total distance hiked today was 5.2 miles in just under 3 hours.

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