Explore Parks and Trails
Growing up in the mountains of New Jersey, Sandra learned to love the woods. Rural byways and miles of trails make the Garden State an outstanding outdoor destination
No stronger sense of place shaped my life and my future than the setting of my childhood home. On our recent trip to the ALDHA Gathering, I walked the Appalachian Trail of my youth to seek out memories.
First lit in 1857, it’s the third tallest lighthouse in the United States, 171 feet tall. Yet it’s tough to spot Absecon Lighthouse when you scan the skyline of Atlantic City.
Atlantic City, New Jersey, isn’t where you’d expect a nature trail. But the 1.1 mile AC Waterfront Sculpture Walk, a great birding destination, leads you along a panorama of Atlantic City’s wild spaces.
At the Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, history meets glowing rocks, as fluorescent minerals show off an array of brilliant colors inside a former mine.
