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	Wharton State Forest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wharton State Forest is a state park in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
		The largest single tract of land in the state park system of New Jersey, it encompasses approximately 115,000 acres (46 km²) of the Pinelands northwest of Hammonton, in Burlington, Camden, and Atlantic counties.
		The forest is named for Joseph Wharton, who purchased most of the land that now lies within the forest in the 19th Century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wharton_State_Forest (348 words)

	Department of Environmental Protection
		This hilly forest is a sanctuary for wildlife.
		Birdwatchers are attracted to the forest for its ponds, streams and marshes that provide the perfect habitat for bird and other wildlife species.
		The forest borders the Ramapo Mountain Reservation, which is part of the Bergen County Park System.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/parksandforests/parks/ramapo.html (299 words)

	Ramapo Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ramapo Torne in Harriman State Park, part of the Ramapo Mountains
		The Ramapo Mountains are a forested chain of the Appalachian mountains in northeastern New Jersey and southeastern New York in the United States.
		A number of parks and forest preserves encompass parts of the Ramapos, including Harriman State Park, Norvin Green State Forest, the Ramapo Reservation, Ramapo Mountain State Forest, and Sterling Forest State Park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ramapo_Mountains (139 words)

	Camp Todd: Stop the Bulldozers!
		Camp Todd lies adjacent to lands preserved by the State of New Jersey in Ramapo Mountain State Forest, as well as lands preserved by Bergen County.
		Its preservation is vital to the conservation of the contiguous forests of the Ramapo Mountain ridge.
		The property is adjacent to the Ramapo Mountain State Forest and the former Camps Glen Gray and Tamarack, both now County parkland.
	actionnetwork.org /SierraClubNJ/alert-description.html?alert_id=2026801 (841 words)

	HIKING RAMAPO MOUNTAIN STATE FOREST
		West Oakland lies on the west side of the Ramapo River at the foot of the mountain of the same name, where there was a number of houses, one of them, "Shadowmont," being the summer home of Mr.
		About half way up the mountain there is an opening in the forest growth which affords a magnificent view of Pompton, with its church spires and pleasant places of residence, as well as a great variety of the surrounding scenery, with many mountain peaks in the distance.
		From the old roadway the party was led for a mile and a half through a rocky wilderness of forest to a cluster of overhanging rocks where 37 years ago the 3 Wyble children wandered from their home on a Thanksgiving day, and becoming lost, they perished in the mountain.
	nynjctbotany.org /njhigh/ramaposf.html (1026 words)

	NJ Highlands Critical Treasures
		The wilderness core of the NJ Highlands, and its largest unprotected forest tract, holds enormous biological value and is home to hundreds of bear, native trout, bobcat and rare interior forest bird species.
		Scotts Mountain, the largest contiguous forest area in southern Warren County, was identified by the US Forest Service as an "Important Area" in its 1993 regional study.
		The mountain was identified in 1993 by the US Forest Service as an "Important Area" of the Highlands, because of its forest, wildlife, water and recreational values.
	www.highlandscoalition.org /NJList.htm (740 words)

	Battle of Princeton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The victory at Princeton cost the British some 500 men killed, wounded or captured and greatly boosted the morale of the Continental troops, leading 8,000 new recruits to join the Continental Army.
		The site of the battlefield is south of Princeton and has become the Princeton Battlefield State Park.
		The 3rd Battalion/112th Field Artillery Regiment claims lineage from the Eastern Artillery Company of New Jersey which was assigned to Thomas Procter's 4th Continental Artillery Regiment which took part in battle of Princeton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Princeton (1014 words)

	Victory Bike, Board & Ski
		Ringwood State Park, located in the heart of the Ramapo Mountains, lies in Passaic and Bergen Counties near the town of Ringwood.
		Ringwood State Park provides more than 40 miles of trails on 5,237 acres, ranging from woodland trails to old, gravel-surfaced roads which serve thousands of park visitors yearly.
		The State Park Service provides trail-use opportunities that are enjoyable and challenging, while protecting the environment and limiting conflicts between different trail users.
	www.victorybikeandski.com /mountain_biking/mountain_Biking.asp?group=ringwood_state_park_trail_guide (186 words)

	Ramapo Mountain
		The mountain is also good for XC'ers but stay off the nasty downhills coz it gets rocky and very technical.
		Ramapo does have many good aspects and it is close to the highway.
		Mountain Biking is in danger of being eliminated at this park b/c of some complaints.
	www.mtbr.com /trails/NewJersey/RamapoMountain.html (1939 words)

	Victory Bike, Board & Ski
		Ramapo Mountain Reservation offers some of the best singletrack in North Jersey.
		The terrain of Ramapo Mountain Reservation has long rocky climbs and rocky descents.
		The centerpiece of the park is Ramapo Lake.
	www.victorybikeandski.com /mountain_biking/mountain_Biking.asp?group=ramapo_state_park_trail_guide (376 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- N.J. Indian tribe decries deadly police shooting
		It ended with one of the tribe members mortally wounded, shot three times by a state park police officer who had told the Indians they were not allowed to ride their all-terrain vehicles in the area.
		Authorities contend that four park police officers were patrolling an area near the Ramapo Mountain State Forest when one of them saw Otis Mann, a cousin of the dead man, riding an ATV and asked him to stop because the vehicles were not permitted on state parkland.
		While tribal leaders said they were satisfied with the state's willingness to investigate, they said the killing was the culmination of decades of anti-tribe bias from the government and neighbors alike.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20060420-1045-parkpoliceshooting.html (746 words)

	SierraActivist.org
		This land includes the 4,200-acre Ramapo Mountain State Forest, which is contiguous to Bergen County's 2,145-acre Ramapo Reservation, 750-acre Camp Glen Gray, and 181-acre Camp Tamarack.
		The New Jersey Highlands is a 1,250-square-mile area in the northwest part of the State, stretching from Phillipsburg in the southwest to Ringwood in the northeast.
		In addition, the forests and wetlands of the Highlands are important habitat for many species of reptiles, amphibians, mammals and resident and migrating birds.
	www.sierraactivist.org /print.php?sid=56811 (626 words)

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	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Ramapo Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		RAMAPO MOUNTAINS [Ramapo Mountains] beautiful forested range of the Appalachian Mts., NE N.J. and SE N.Y. Elevations range from c.900 ft to 1,200 ft (270-370 m), and there are many trails for hikers.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Ramapo Mountains" at HighBeam.
		Hiking: Ramapo Mountain State Forest and Camp Glen Gray
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/RamapoMt.asp (197 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It is the oldest state forest in New Jersey.
		This 20,000-acre forest is in the most southern portion of the state, in Cape May and Cumberland counties.
		This 4,161-acre forest is in Passaic and Bergen counties.
	www.courierpostonline.com /community/parklist02.html (1412 words)

	VanSlyke Castle and Ramapo Park
		The ruins of the house popularly known as the Van Slyke Castle stand majestically on the nose of a mountain 1,500 feet north off and 350 feet above Ramapo Lake in what is now Ramapo Mountain State Forest.
		The retreat of the last continental glacier about 12,000 years ago left a rock basin in what is now the north part of the Ramapo Lake.
		He built a house on the large mountain northeast of the lake.
	www.users.nac.net /axtell/History.htm (686 words)

	APP.COM - Indian tribe outraged over fatal shooting by officer \| Asbury Park Press Online
		It ended with one of the tribe members mortally wounded, shot three times by a state Park Police officer who had told the tribe members they were not allowed to ride their all-terrain vehicles in the area.
		Authorities contend that four Park Police officers were patrolling an area near the Ramapo Mountain State Forest when one of them saw Otis Mann, a cousin of the dead man, riding an all-terrain vehicle and asked him to stop because the vehicles were not permitted on state park land.
		Corzine and the state attorney general met Wednesday night with the Ramapoughs, with the governor promising a "thorough and effective" investigation into the shooting.
	www.app.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060421/NEWS03/604210354/1007 (528 words)

	Ramapo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This rugged 2,340-acre area in Northern New Jersey has elevations ranging from 200 to 1,100 feet and is a part of Mahwah, Oakland, Pompton Lakes, Wanaque and Ringwood.
		For your convenience you can click MAP to get a map of the Ramapo Mountain State Forest area we will be riding.
		You will see a Ramapo Mountain State Forest parking lot approximately 0.2 miles on your left.
	www.muniac.com /directions/ramapo.htm (265 words)

	Ramapo Mountain State Forest Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		All pictures below are from the Ramapo Mountain State Forest, using various film and digital cameras.
		Ramapo Lake during the cold dark of winter.
		This is a short hike from the parking lot to the lake via the MacEvoy trail.
	www.worldfromtheweb.com /Parks/Ramapo/Ramapo.html (104 words)

	Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Native Flora Garden
		Deciduous forest is the defining terrestrial plant community of the Northeast.
		Over the last century, deciduous forests have been returning to land in the eastern United States that was once used for farming or grazing.
		On the border mound, coniferous trees are grouped to represent stands that would ordinarily be found in the forests of a northern or mountainous region.
	www.bbg.org /exp/stroll/nativeflora.html (3534 words)

	Ramapo Mountain State Forest and Camp Glen Gray
		Ramapo Mountain State Forest and Camp Glen Gray
		Take Interstate Route 287 to Exit 57 (Skyline Drive) and proceed north on Skyline Drive for a little over a mile to the upper parking area for Ramapo Mountain State Forest on the left side of the road at milepost 1.4, opposite the entrance to Camp Tamarack.
		They bear left and head west, parallel to Fox Brook, then turn right to cross two branches of the brook – the first on rocks, and the second on a wooden bridge.
	www.nynjtc.org /trails/record/20040810.html (1183 words)

	Directions
		State Park signs are posted at critical intersections along these routes.
		Pyramid Mountain Visitors’ Center, Montville, NJ Visitors’ Center is on Boonton Avenue opposite Mars Court.
		Sandy Hook (Gateway National Recreation Area) 1st Parking Area, NJ Garden State Parkway: Exit 117 Follow Route 36 East about 15 miles to Highlands, NJ, cross the draw bridge over the Navesink River and follow the signs to the jug handle entrance to the park.
	www.adventuresforwomen.org /Directions.htm (8094 words)

	Melungeons, history, genealogy, research, articles - 1946 Gilbert article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In many of the eastern States of this country there are small pockets of people who are scattered here and there in different counties and who are complex mixtures in varying degrees of white, Indian, and Negro blood.
		Acts were passed to prohibit their immigration from other States and they were considered as undesirables since they bridged the racial gap between free whites and slave Negroes.
		Journal of the Convention of the State of Tennessee convened for the purpose of amending the Constitution thereof.
	www.melungeon.org /index.cgi?&CONTEXT=cat&cat=10057 (5336 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		CALENDAR - 30 DAY :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: RAMAPO MOUNTAIN THREAT Date: 980419 From: 973-616-7243 Stephens Lake, located on a steep 138-acre tract in Wanaque, next to Ramapo Mountain State Forest, is in danger.
		She also is on the open space committee and is president of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation.
		The committee also would like to hear about any developed property that is surrounded by open land and which might be a candidate to be returned to a natural state in the future.
	www.gsenet.org /library/11gsn/1998/gs80419-.htm (813 words)

	IHC-April 2006 Hikes
		Parking area is on the left at the top of the mountain approx.
		Continue 2 miles to Blackstone Mills Road and turn left 1/8 mile to the parking area near to the D and R Canal Trail.
		From State Line Lookout we go north on the Long Path, descend to the Giant Stairs, scramble through to the Shore Trail, and continue toward Alpine Boat Basin.
	www.mindspring.com /~interstatehiking/IHC-April06.html (602 words)

	North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey!
		Once known as Rotten Pond and later as Lake LeGrande, Ramapo Lake is the centerpiece of Ramapo Mountain State Forest.
		It was formerly surrounded by private property, but most of the land around the lake was acquired by the state in the 1970s.
		The trail now climbs, first gradually, then rather steeply through mountain laurel, to a rock ledge that provides a view of the stone tower you passed about half a mile back.
	www.northjersey.com /page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MzImZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5MDE3NjEmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 (1063 words)

	Ramapo Mountain State Forest
		From the southern end of the parking area, follow the blue blazes of the MacEvoy Trail.
		After crossing a stream, the trail ascends a rocky, eroded stretch of the road.
		This nearly level gravel road is a welcome contrast to the rocky paths that you have followed for much of the way.
	www.nynjtc.org /trails/record/20050114.html (912 words)

	Directions
		Follow the signs to the Bear Mountain Lodge parking area on your right.
		Ramapo Mt. State Forest is 1/10 mile on your left.
		In 2-3 miles as you descend Hook Mountain, you’ll see the sign on the right for Rockland Lake.
	www.hikeleader.com /directions.htm (2757 words)

	Parks&Forests in New Jersey
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