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Old 01-20-2013, 06:57 PM
 
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Please list your favorite photographic or scenic locations [geography, nature, people] within 2 hour drive.

Forsythe NWR [Galloway, NJ] - migratory birds

Maurice River to Delaware Bay - migratory birds

Cape May - Light House & Birding trails

Wells Mill County Park [Waretown, NJ] - Scenic lake & trails; Humming Birds migrate in after 4/15 each year

Carranza Memorial [Wharton State Park] area - natural meadows and wildlife

Barnegat Lighthouse - By boat or by drive

Longwood Gardens [Kennett Square, PA] - flowers & grounds

Conowingo Dam [8 mile from Havre de Grace is where Interstate 95 crosses the Susquehanna] - Best for Bald Eagles in high concentration

GREAT FALLS STATE PARK, PATERSON , NJ - Waterfall scenic

Philadelphia Zoo - animals, scenic architecture, people [nearby drive is boat house row]

Please add to my list.

Location & what is interesting to you. Thanks.
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Old 01-20-2013, 10:05 PM
 
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Cape May - Monarch butterfly migration

Cumberland County, Mauricetown and Delaware Bay wetlands - bald eagles, snow geese Also Greenwich, the old iron bridge, 1700s farmhouses.

Pea Patch Island, DE - Fort Delaware Finns Point National Cemetery is worth a visit.

Fairmount Park - too many things to list

Batsto - the Wharton house, farm buildings, lake
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Old 01-20-2013, 10:07 PM
 
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Cape May - Monarch butterfly migration

Cumberland County, Mauricetown and Delaware Bay wetlands - bald eagles, snow geese, also Greenwich, the old iron bridge, 1700s farmhouses.

Pea Patch Island, DE - Fort Delaware - Finns Point National Cemetery is worth a visit.

Fairmount Park - too many things to list

Batsto - the Wharton house, farm buildings, lake
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Old 01-21-2013, 10:47 PM
 
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The view from the fire tower on Apple Pie Hill.
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Old 01-22-2013, 04:30 AM
 
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The view from the fire tower on Apple Pie Hill.
always wanted to do that.. Maybe this early spring..
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Old 01-22-2013, 06:39 PM
 
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Batsto Batsto Village Home Page and Haddonfield
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Old 01-22-2013, 07:45 PM
 
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Consider Hiking the Batona Trail [Ong's Hat to Batso]. I haven't done that since about 40 years old.
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Old 01-23-2013, 06:42 AM
 
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Consider Hiking the Batona Trail [Ong's Hat to Batso]. I haven't done that since about 40 years old.
I've only walked a few sections out and back.

Whitesbog, Chatsworth, Double Trouble - cranberry harvest

Valley Forge National Historic Park - statuary, buildings, fields/views
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Old 01-23-2013, 07:38 AM
 
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Right over the bridge in Riverton .. right on the Delaware. Beautiful area with a gorgeous yacht club ON the water..

https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-...&ved=0CJ0BELYD
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Old 01-24-2013, 07:36 PM
 
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Default Palmyra Cove Nature Park

Good location along river and small ponds, many trails. I have seen many deer, various birds, raptors and owls. Fox dens & fox.
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