Spring Ahead Walk -- Cross-Jersey Challenge

72 S Clinton Ave,Trenton NJ 08609

18 March, 2023

Description

Start: Trenton Transit Center Finish: New Brunswick Station Distance: 13 or 40 mi Where to find us: North lobby of the station Optional endpoints: Turning Basin Park, Princeton (13mi) Terrain: gravel and pavement, flat Transit: Arrive via NJ Transit or Septa. Return: NJ Transit. Walkers finishing at Princeton can carpool to the nearby station, or can walk into town and return to Trenton on the 606 bus. Parking: Metered parking is available at the Princeton Junction train station which is less than two miles from where our walk ends. Free street parking is available in Trenton near the Transit Center. Free parking at Turning Basin. Difficulty: Beginner / Expert Category: nature Coordinator: Charles Updike This year we will head north after Calhoun Street, cross the Roebling pedestrian bridge into Stacy Park, and enjoy a more natural course through Trenton. A 13-mile walk from city to country. Or continue on for 40 miles to New Brunswick along the D&R Canal. This first leg, the Spring Ahead Walk traditionally is a casual walk to size up the trail and get back into your walking groove. The walking event is free and open to anyone. The FreeWalkers are again offering the Cross-Jersey Walking Challenge, with a goal of walking the 100 miles of the East Coast Greenway across the entire state at any time during the year. This walk is part of the ECG trail from Trenton to New York City. Highlights: -Mill Hill Park -Old Barracks -State Capitol -Roebling pedestrian bridge -Stacy Park -Battle of Trenton Monument -D and R Canal towpath Partners: The East Coast Greenway Alliance is a non-profit organization developing a public multi-use 3,000 mile trail from Canada to Key West through New Jersey and New York. Donations and memberships help make this dream trail a reality. Circuit Trails is 800 miles of interconnected trails in Greater Philadelphia in the making, already one of America's largest trail networks. Once connected, the Circuit Trails will be one of the nation's premier urban trail networks and it will provide multiple benefits to neighborhoods, communities and the region as a whole. The 9/11 National Memorial Trail is a network of over 1,300 miles of trails connecting New York City, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in tribute to the heroes who perished on September 11, 2001, and the heroes who, in response, answered the call for their country.