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LOCATIONS OF PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE(S) |
SIZE
(ACRES) |
FOREST |
WETLAND |
FIELD |
HIKING |
HISTORIC REMAINS |
NOTES |
| 1. |
SCHIFF
NATURE PRESERVE (Schiff Natural Lands Trust) |
Pleasant Valley Road |
298-acres |
Yes |
- |
Yes |
Yes, extensive. |
Former Boy Scout training area. |
Schiff Natural Lands Trust (not Township
owned). The nature preserve
has a variety of terrain, all beautiful. |
| 4. |
BURNETT
BROOK |
Mount Paul Road, an unpaved road off Route 24
opposite the Westmont Montessori School |
68 acres |
Yes |
Some |
- |
Yes. Easy,
with some low but narrow log bridges over wet areas. |
- |
Area includes 2 separate properties.
A new, 1-mile trail completed on lower property.
Nice pond. |
| 6. |
MEADOWOOD
PARK |
Old Mill Road. |
50-acres |
Yes |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Remains of summer camp communities. |
Good family recreation and picnic site, hiking
along Burnett Brook. |
| 8. |
BUTTERMILK
FALLS |
1. Calais Road between Mountainside and Amalia
Court
2. Combs Hollow Road |
208 acres |
Yes |
Some |
- |
Yes, extensive.
Some easy, some steep and rocky. |
Yes. Colonial
industry remains: mines, earthen dam, millraces, forges,etc. |
Miles of trails, beautiful stream, popular
falls, wetlands. Industrial
area in colonial times, many historic remains.
Contiguous with India Brook area (see below). |
| 9. |
INDIA BROOK |
Mountainside Road, near Ironia Road; parking
opposite. |
58-acres |
Yes |
- |
- |
Yes |
See Buttermilk Falls.
Millraces, bridge abutments, forges. |
Contiguous with Buttermilk Falls area (see
above). Follows India Brook. |
| 11. |
COLD HILL |
End of Robert Road, off Summit Road, Brookside. |
46 acres |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, but no formal trails. |
- |
Good view from the entrance area, which is high
in elevation. Trails proposed,
nice to walk through the varied terrain as is.
Small pond. |
| 15. |
DISMAL
HARMONY |
1. East Main Street, Brookside (north side of
road) 2. Tingley Road
(opposite Washington Valley Rd.) 3. top of Stoney Hill Road
4. Woodland Terrace, off Woodland Road near Clyde Potts Reservoir. |
146 acres |
Yes |
Some |
- |
Yes, extensive.
Most easy, a few steep options. |
Yes. Legend
Rock formation. Various cabin and foundation remains, ponds and millraces. |
A beautiful hiking area, a "must see"
during Fall foliage. |
| 18. |
TEMPE WICK |
Tempe Wick Road opposite Drakewick development. |
51-acres |
Some |
Yes |
Yes (mostly) |
Yes, but no formal trails. |
Yes. Former
farm land of NJ Governor Franklin Murphy. |
Principally field, different from our other
lands which are mostly forest. Much
of the fields and the limited forest are wetland. |
