9/11 Memorial Trail – Chestnut Branch Park – Mantua, Gloucester County, NJ
Distance – 1.1 miles total round trip
Type – Lollipop
Difficulty: 2 of 10
Total score: 6 of 10
Website – Mantua Parks
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – small hills in a wooded area
Surface – paved (entrance trail) and dirt (woods trail)
Trailheads – 39°46’17.92″N, 75° 9’49.80″W
Filed under Hiking, Outdoors., South Jersey
Ceres Park – Mantua Township/Pitman, Gloucester County, NJ
Distance: We did 1.6 miles missing some official trails,
There are a ton of unoffial trails back here, which wind through the park and connect to county owned land next door.
Type: Lollipop (officially)
Difficulty: 5 of 10 (due to blow downs. Without blowdowns, about a 2)
Total score: 8 of 10
Website – Mantua Township Parks Site
Official Facebook – Ceres Park
Save Ceres Park Facebook – Save Ceres Park
Open – Sunrise to Sunset.
Terrain – woods and cedar swamp surrounding lakes that were marl pits.
Trailheads – 39°44’54.11″N, 75° 8’49.16″W
Filed under biking, Fitness, Hiking, Outdoors., South Jersey
