Schedule for January 2023                                    IHC home page

Sunday     January 1, 2023         New Year Day –­­ No Hike Day off!

 
Sunday     January 8, 2023         Apshawa Preserve                Moderately Strenuous
Apshawa is a 576 acre preserve with the 40-acre Butler Reservoir in the middle of it. Are the old tanks still there? Come join us for an about 9-mile hike in Northern New Jersey. Rain cancels this hike.

Leaders:    Mike Roulier               201-522-0259           MROULIER@PATELLAWOOD.COM

                  Jill Wilson                   973-879-0531           SUNSHYN812@GMAIL.COM

Meet: 8:30 AM-Start: 9:00 AM   Apshawa Preserve, 26 Northwood Drive, West Milford, NJ 07480

From I-287 Exit 52 (Rt-23): Take Rt-23 North for 5.3 miles to Germantown Road. Right turn onto Germantown Road and travel east for 2.5 miles. Right turn onto Macopin Road and travel for 1.6 miles to Northwood Road on the right. Turn in, drive a short block, and look to the right for "Apshawa Preserve, New Jersey Conservation Foundation" sign and entrance.     GPS (41.0250, -74.3730)

 
Sunday     January 15, 2023       Lewis Morris Park                       Moderately Strenuous
This will be a pretty circular around Lewis Morris and into Jockey Hollow. From Sunrise Lake we will circle to the west into Jockey Hollow. Then back into Lewis Morris by the Soldiers huts. The hike is about 9 miles total.

Leaders:    Guy & Jennifer Percival     973-590-7437                       PERCIVALGUY@GMAIL.COM

Meet: 9:00 AM     Sunrise Lake Parking Lot, Lewis Morris County Park, Morris Twp., NJ 07960

From I-287 South Exit 35 Morristown: Go west on South Street into center of Morristown. Go around 3 sides of the green continuing on South Street which is now Route 24 (or Rt-124 or Rt-510) west. Three miles after the Green, look for the entrance to Lewis Morris on the left just after passing Whitehead Road on the right. Drive 0.6 mi to turnoff for Sunrise Lake Drive on the right and take it all the way to the lower parking lot.  GPS (40.7880, -74.5433)

 
Sunday     January 22, 2023       TBA Meetup                                  Moderately Strenuous

 
Sunday     January 29, 2023       Lenape Trail­ – South Mountain to Eagle Rock     Moderately Strenuous

We will shuttle to South Mountain Reservation, Maplewood Parking lot for the start. The Hike is from South Mountain to Eagle Rock. We hike the length of South Mountain, O’Connor Park and Degnan Parks, ending at Eagle Rock Reservation at the 9/11 Memorial. The Park is noted for the beautiful and inspiring memorial to the tragic events of 9/11/01, located at a panoramic viewpoint, from where the World Trade Center was visible. It affords a broad view over the New York City skyline, from the George Washington Bridge to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Shuttle Required.

Leader: Guy Percival                   973-590-7437           PERCIVALGUY@GMAIL.COM

Meet: 9:00 AM     Eagle Rock Reservation, 656 Eagle Rock Ave, Roseland, NJ 07068

From I-280 & Garden State Pkw. Intersection: Go West on Rt-280 3.6 mi to Exit 8B and exit for Prospect Ave (Rt-577) Drive Northward on Prospect Ave ½ mi. to Eagle Rock Rd (Rt-611). Turn right onto Eagle Rock Rd. and drive ¼ mi to Park entrance on the left. Turning in continue ¼ mi to Parking area at the Eagle Viewpoint. GPS Park Entrance (40.8030, -74.2415)   Parking Lot (40.8030, -74.2386)

 
 
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