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.
01-20-2013, 10:05 PM
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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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
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
01-21-2013, 10:47 PM
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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The view from the fire tower on Apple Pie Hill.
01-22-2013, 04:30 AM
Location: South Jersey
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The view from the fire tower on Apple Pie Hill.
always wanted to do that.. Maybe this early spring..
01-22-2013, 06:39 PM
Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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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.
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
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
01-24-2013, 07:36 PM
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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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