Trip/Event Location: Basking Ridge/Millington-Meyersville, NJUS
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Max # People: 15
Trip Guiding / Event Fee: Yes, but only to cover shared expenses, and I too am paying
Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
Local towns do have train stations, but there is no transportation service between the train stations and the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. One would have to call a local car service to gain transportation: for the Berkeley Heights area, Berkeley Heights Cab Company at 908-464-5454. The towns of Stirling and Gillette are the closest towns with train stations. Driving Dirctions NOTE: Mapquest directions are not accurate! Please follow these directions...From I-287 North or South — Exit 30A (North Maple Avenue, Basking Ridge) Exit ramp is one way to the right onto North Maple Avenue. Follow N. Maple for a mile and a half, then bear left at fork onto South Maple Avenue. Stay on S. Maple for about a mile, then turn left onto Lord Stirling Road . Follow Lord Stirling for a mile and a half and cross the bridge. The road name changes here to White Bridge Road. Continue down White Bridge Road for about half a mile. The Raptor Trust will be on your left. Park just beyond it in the large, U-shaped lot marked “Entrance–Visitor Parking.” From the George Washington Bridge Take I-80 to I-287 South and then follow the directions above. From Route 22 Take Watchung Avenue Exit (in North Plainfield). Follow Watchung Ave. to circle. Go half way around circle and follow Stirling / VA Hospital sign. Take Stirling Road to its end, and at the light turn left onto Valley Road. At the second traffic light turn right onto Main Avenue. Follow through town, over railroad tracks (now Main becomes Central Avenue), up the hill and through the 4-way (crossing Long Hill Rd). As you start downhill, bear right onto Pleasant Plains Road. Take this about a mile to a stop sign. There turn left onto White Bridge Road. From Eastern NJ or NYC: 78 West — Exit 36 (Warrenville / Basking Ridge) Turn right off the ramp (toward Basking Ridge). Go 1.1 mi. and turn right at the third light (there is a separate lane so you can avoid the light) onto Rt. 512/Valley Road. Go to the next light and turn left onto Main Avenue. Follow thru town, over railroad tracks (now Main becomes Central Avenue), up the hill and across the intersection of Long Hill Road. As you start downhill, bear right onto Pleasant Plains Road. Follow this for about a mile to a stop sign. There turn left onto White Bridge Road. VISITORS: Park at the third house on right. Watch for Visitor’s Parking and Education Center signs. From Western NJ or PA: 78 East — Exit 36 (Warrenville / Basking Ridge) Turn left off the ramp (toward Basking Ridge). Go 1.1 mi. and turn right at the white church (onto Rt. 512/Valley Road) and then follow the directions above. PARKING: Watch for Visitor’s Parking and Education Center signs and park there.
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