Endangered New Jersey: A trip through the Watchung Mountains
Great Swamp trail.
Photo credit: Endangered New Jersey
Though New Jersey has many places that are called "mountains," we know that they do not compete with the western U.S. mountain ranges. Probably the best known NJ mountain area is the northwestern area where we find the Appalachian Trail.
But New Jersey also has the Watchung Mountains (once called the Blue Hills) which are actually a group of three long low ridges of volcanic origin, between 400 ft. (122 m) and 500 ft. (152 m) high, lying parallel to each other primarily in northeastern New Jersey. All of the ridges lie to the east of the higher Appalachian Mountains, which in northern New Jersey are often referred to as the New York - New Jersey Highlands.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 1/14/2011 11:00 AM 
Categories: Recreation
Tags: appalachian trail new jersey highlands great swamp watchung mountains blue hills
Categories: Recreation
Tags: appalachian trail new jersey highlands great swamp watchung mountains blue hills
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