Barnegat Branch Trail, NJ - Dudley Park to Hebrew Park

 

ABOUT THE PARK: 

Barnegat Branch Trail - Ocean County Parks

DIRECTIONS: 

GPS Coordinates 39.869722, -74.170319

Parking at William J. Dudley Park

TRAIL MAP: 

Barnegat Branch Trail Map - Ocean County Parks (we hiked from number 8 to number 9 on the green section)

HIKE DISTANCE:  2.75 miles (can be made longer staying on the Barnegat Branch Trail)

THE HIKE: 

With 18 inches of snow in my neck of the woods, I had to find a snow-free place. After consulting the snow depth map, I headed to just south of Toms River where it was 95% snow free!  As a bonus, there is so much parking space yet there were very few people around on a sunny and warm 49 degree day.

A trail from the parking lot leads to the Barnegat Branch Trail.

But first I spotted a side trail to the right at a fork and took that to see where it went.

Little did I know it would loop me around to the main park road.

We just had to continue on and start again.

Back through the parking lot to the trail.

A short side trail to the left leads to Cedar Creek.

Then a pretty boardwalk ...

... to the Cedar Creek Trestle.

Turning right here leads to additional miles of the Barnegat Branch Trail in this completed section but we turned left ...

... over the trestle.

Coming up on the South Street parking lot on the left and Hebrew Park on the right.

This section of the Barnegat Branch Trail ends just to the left but to the right an opening in the fence to the trail around Hebrew Park.

We turned right to loop counter clockwise.

Having completed the loop, back through the opening in the fence to retrace on the Barnegat Branch Trail.

Back at the parking lot.

From the parking lot, a short walk over to Cedar Creek for a look.

Two mallards that don't look the same.  Apparently the one of the left is called a bibbed mallard.

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