Princeton University Press
Walk the Trails in and around Princeton
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About this book
This is an attractive, pocket-friendly guide to walks on sixteen of the best trails through preserved open space in Princeton, New Jersey, and its neighboring towns. This revised edition includes eight new walks, several of which have been created on land that has been preserved since the popular guide was originally published in 2009. The walks range from two to four miles, but many include suggestions for trail connections that allow you to extend your hike if you choose. The guide includes detailed color maps of the trails, directions on how to get to them and where to park, and recommendations for the most scenic routes. Each walk has been designed with a "reason to walk" in mind: a special boulder or waterfall to find, a bit of local history or a beautiful vista to enjoy. The guide is illustrated with specially commissioned color photographs, sixteen of which are featured on detachable postcards.
- A guide to 16 trails through preserved open space in Princeton and neighboring towns
- Directions for how to get there and where to park
- Detailed walking directions, trail distances, and color trail maps
- Suggestions for connections to other trails
- 8 new walks are featured in this revised edition, including the Scott and Hella McVay Poetry Trail, the Stony Brook Trail, and the trails at St. Michaels Farm Preserve
- Specially commissioned color photographs
- 16 detachable color postcards
- Proceeds benefit D&R Greenway Land Trust, Friends of Princeton Open Space, and The Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association to support trail maintenance and land stewardship
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Frontmatter
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Contents
2 - In Princeton’s “Central Park”
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1.The Boardwalk & the Lakes
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2. Forest, Fields & a Waterfall
7 - Greenway Meadows & the Stony Brook
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3. The Scott & Hella McVay Poetry Trail
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4. From Greenway Meadows along the Stony Brook
15 - In the Institute Woods
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5. The Princeton Battlefield through the Institute Woods to the Swinging Bridge
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6. To the Updike Farmstead in Washington’s Footsteps
23 - Woodfield Reservation
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7. Council Rock & Tent Rock
27 - The Eastern Princeton Ridge
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8. Hilltop Park to Herrontown Woods
31 - Along the Lawrence Hopewell Trail
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9. Around Rosedale Lake to Hunt House
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10. Mercer Meadows
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11. The Watershed Center and the Pond Loop
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12. Carson Road Woods
47 - Other Great Walks in Nearby Towns
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13. St. Michaels Farm Preserve, Hopewell
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14. Skillman Park, Montgomery
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15. Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve
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16. The Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park— Kingston to Rocky Hill
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