Great Egg Harbor Bridge - Wikipedia
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 39.30640, -74.61977
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| Parking on New Road just the other side of the GSP South on ramp. |
TRAIL MAP:
HIKE DISTANCES:
Great Egg Harbor Shared Use Path - 3.4 miles
Egg Harbor Township Nature Reserve - 6.5 miles
Cedar Bridge Tavern Historic Site - 3.5 miles
THE HIKE:
Getting in some hiking where the snowcrete from the last storm has finally melted before the blizzard of February 22-23, 2026 hits.
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| First heading out to the end of New Road on the sandy part. |
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| The shared use path goes over the Great Egg Harbor bridge up ahead along with the Garden State Parkway. |
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| Heading back to the shared use trail which is to the right just beyond my car. |
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| The negatives - noxious exhaust fumes from parkway traffic and not able to see anything to the right without ducking since the top bar was at my eye level. |
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| The positives - nice views and some unexpected wildlife (not the seagull, that was expected). |
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| There is a bump our for fishing where I could catch some views without ducking. |
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| American Black Ducks |
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| Female Common Goldeneye |
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| It really pays to look up because you never know what you might find. |
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| Peregrine Falcon #1 |
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| I took many, many pictures of this banded bird but the best I could make out was B on the top left black band and 3 on the bottom left green band. In another picture I could only make out the number 8 on the right leg band. Not enough to submit it as a sighting. |
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| I found this on Facebook from 2022 where she had been seen on Long Island, NY. Same bird maybe? |
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| Peregrine Falcon #2 on another light post. Never could see any bands at all on that one. |
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| View of Great Egg Harbor Bay from the top of the bridge. |
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| Peregrine Falcon #3 with only the right leg band visible. |
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| Double-breasted Cormorant |
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| Coming off the opposite end of the shared use path ... |
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| ... into Beesley's Point Park. |
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| Bufflehead |
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| Hooked Brodie up to the picnic table so I could go up on the observation deck. |
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| Views from the observation deck. |
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| Heading back down ... |
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| ... and retracing back. |
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| There were more people on the path at this point so the peregrine falcons were long gone. |
