Wharton State Forest: You've Never Seen New Jersey Like This
Wharton State Forest is the largest state park in New Jersey spanning more than 122,000 acres in the Pine Barrens. It offers tremendous hiking, biking, kayaking and fishing opportunities as well as the historic Batsto Village. (Video by Andre Malok | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
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Batsto Village & Wharton State Forest New Jersey
Batsto Village, is a New Jersey historic site located in the States South Central Pinelands
Wharton State Forest Wading River Kayak Trip
Located in the heart of the Pinelands, Wharton State Forest is well known as a canoeist's paradise, with narrow, twisting streams gently flowing through the cedar, pine, and oak forests. The area once played an important role in the industrial development of the United States. Bog ore and the ready supply of trees and water resulted in the building of iron furnaces and sawmills. Between 1766 and 1876, the business and property were sold many times. The last owner was Joseph Wharton who, before he died in 1909, purchased nearly 100,000 acres of land, established a cranberry industry, and experimented with scientific methods of forest management. Aside from the facilities at Batsto and Atsion, the property has remained undeveloped. Within the state forest are Batsto and Oswego River natural areas, and Batsto Village, a National Historic Site.
Beautiful Batsto Village- New Jersey History
Batsto was founded in 1766. It was manufactured supplies for the American Revolutionary War. It is A landmark and a part of the history in Wharton State Forest, New Jersey.
Batsto Village Ghost Town | Historic Mining Town | New Jersey | USA
Batsto Village is a historic unincorporated community located on CR 542 within Washington Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It is located in Wharton State Forest in the south central Pine Barrens, and a part of the Pinelands National Reserve. It is listed on the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, and is administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Parks & Forestry. The name is derived from the Swedish bastu, bathing place.
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Nature: N.J. Pine Barrens
We leave you this Sunday Morning in the mid-winter snows of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Videographer: Jeff Reisly
Batsto Village NJ (VERY Old Village Tour)
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New Jersey Pine Barrens
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Batsto Village, New Jersey
DJI Phantom 2nd FPV flight at wharton state forest. Awesome stream and water footage!
Made me a little nervous taking her out over the water, but all went well and made for some amazing shots!
The New Jersey Devil a moment mystery in History
The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature or cryptid said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, United States. The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many different variations. The common description is that of a kangaroo-like creature with the head of a goat, leathery bat-like wings, horns, small arms with clawed hands, cloven hooves and a forked tail. It has been reported to move quickly and often is described as emitting a blood-curdling scream.[1][2]
Ashcroft Ghost Town | Old Silver Mining Boomtown | Aspen | Colorado | USA
Ashcroft, originally known as Castle Forks City then Chloride until 1882, was a mining town located ten miles (16 km) south of Aspen, Colorado, United States. A few buildings remain standing as a testament to the town's past. The town's last resident, Jack Leahy, died in 1939, making Ashcroft an official ghost town.
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Batsto Village is a historic unincorporated community located on CR 542 within Washington Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It is located in Wharton State Forest in the south central Pine Barrens, and a part of the Pinelands National Reserve. It is listed on the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places, and is administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Parks & Forestry. The name is derived from the Swedish bastu, bathing place.
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Pine Barrens (New Jersey)
The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines, is a heavily forested area of coastal plain stretching across more than seven counties of southern New Jersey. The name pine barrens refers to the area's sandy, acidic, nutrient-poor soil. European settlers' attempts to cultivate their familiar crops there failed although the unique ecology of the Pine Barrens supports a diverse spectrum of plant life, including orchids and carnivorous plants. The area is also notable for its populations of rare pygmy Pitch Pines and other plant species that depend on the frequent fires of the Pine Barrens to reproduce. The sand that composes much of the area's soil is referred to by the locals as sugar sand.
Despite its proximity to Philadelphia and New York City, and the fact that the Garden State Parkway and Atlantic City Expressway run through it, the Pine Barrens remains largely rural and undisturbed. The Pine Barrens territory helps recharge the 17 trillion gallon Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer containing some of the purest water in the United States. As a result of all these factors, in 1978 Congress passed legislation to designate 1.1 million acres (4,500 km²) of the Pine Barrens as the Pinelands National Reserve (the nation's first National Reserve) to preserve its ecology. A decade later, it was designated by the United Nations as an International Biosphere Reserve. Development in the Pinelands National Reserve is strictly controlled by an independent state/federal agency, the New Jersey Pinelands Commission.
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Driving through the Pine Barrens - New Jersey
Taken during our trip back to the PB Field Station in Woodland Twp, NJ
Kayaking the Wading River, Pine Barrens, NJ, May 5-7 2017
Kayaking the Wading River with Rick Wiebush and Cross Currents Sea Kayaking. The Wading River is a tributary of the Mullica River, approximately 10.1 miles (16.3 km) long, in southern New Jersey. The river drains a rural forested area of the Pinelands, one of the most pristine areas along the coast of the northeastern United States.
The primary source of the Wading River is its 22.7-mile-long (36.5 km) West Branch, which rises north of Chatsworth in central Burlington County, south of Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, and flows generally south through Wharton State Forest. It joins the Oswego River near Harrisville to form the main stem of the Wading River. The Wading River flows southeast and joins the Mullica River from the north near its mouth, approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Atlantic City. The lower 3 miles (5 km) of the river forms a navigable estuary, an arm of the estuary of the Mullica, just west of the Garden State Parkway.
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Civil War Reenactment (Lambertville, New Jersey)
This is from the 2008 reenactment at the Holcombe Jimison Farmstead in Lambertville NJ. Special thanks to Karma Farmers for the song All the Good Men.
Pinelands Fall Scenes
Fall scenes from New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
Searching for legal off-road riding options in N.J.
Despite the heat, riders at the Field of Dreams facility in Millville spent a summer afternoon blasting through dust clouds as they enjoyed a perfectly legal ride. Unfortunately for off-road enthusiasts, such options are few and far between in New Jersey. (Greg Adomaitis | For NJ.com)