We love the Nature Center in the Watchung Reservation. When a friend invited us to go for a hike by the Environmental Education Center in Lord Stirling NJ, I jumped right on.
Category: Hiking Trails
Montague Township, NJ
Few Times A Year
High Point State Park is yet another beautiful place. I feel like every other post I write starts with these words. It is especially true of High Point! With breathtaking views, it is the highest point in NJ. There is camping, miles and miles of hiking trails, a lake to swim in and sand to play with. Read more about our visit to High Point State Park below!
Hillsborough Township, NJ
Several times a year.
We absolutely love Duke Farms, especially now, after the renovations, when you can go on a bike all around the place! It used to be guided tours in the green houses. That was a beautiful place to go, especially in the middle of February, when you walk inside and smell summer in the middle of winter. Now they remade the place, and you can go hiking through the grounds. It is also beautiful. I love that now it is outdoors and self guided! They kept an orchid green house open for visitors, so you can still walk in in the middle of winter and feel like you’re in a tropical paradise. It is such a wonderful place.
Ringwood, NJ
We go there a few times a year!
New Jersey Botanical Garden is located in Ringwood, NJ. It is beautiful, quiet and never crowded place. We love it there. They have many plants, so no matter what season you choose to go there there is something to see. For me, my favorite time of the year to go is in mid May, so that I can catch the lilac tree grove in bloom. Another great time is in August, to see the waterlillies. Of course, early spring is great to, with all the bright spring colors and cherry blossoms.
June 2012,
Hackettstown NJ
When we went to pick strawberries for the very first time in our lives I randomly picked a farm from NJ list of farms. Just pointed a finger to a place on a page. It turned out to be Donaldson Farms in Hackettstown, NJ.
Robert H. Treman State Park
Ithaca, NY
June 2016
To be completely honest this is not exactly a day trip. We drove for 4 hours to Ithaca NY, and stayed there overnight in Robert H. Treman State Park. Here is our new and updated visit to Ithaca, NY.
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Summit, NJ
June 2017
A friend recommended this place quite a few years back. She would take her family there to take some lovely family photos. Reeves-Reed Arboretum is very local to us, and there is no entrance fee. I wish I had gone there sooner. However, you need to find the exact address and directions, as the place blends in with the residences around the area. If I were just driving by, I wouldn’t think that there is anything there.