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  • Reply to: Meetup/Ride Share   9 years 7 months ago
    Thanksgiving
    Happy belated Thanksgiving!!
  • Reply to: General and Off Topic   9 years 7 months ago
    Thanks Bob
    Thank you for the reply. I wasn't planning on looking for it lol, but i was somewhat disappointed to see that it had not come to fruition, since it looked like a great area for hiking. I do understand the reasoning for not going through with the trail though.
  • Reply to: General and Off Topic   9 years 7 months ago
    Iron Belt Trail
    Hey Michael........Many hours went into the planning and design of this rather long trail (for NJ Trails, that is), but there were complications. One of which was the remoteness of this proposed trail and access points in the event of an emergency or a hiker becoming benighted. At the moment it's on the back burner, but may be revieved sometime in the future. Please don't attempt to locate any trace of it since it was only a Trail on a map, not on the ground.
  • Reply to: General and Off Topic   9 years 7 months ago
    What happened to the planned Iron Belt Trail?
    On my 2009 North Jersey trail map 116, it shows the proposed route for the Iron Belt Trail, which would connect the Appalachian Trail and the Highlands Trail in the western section of that map area. Having just received the 2014 edition of this map set, i noticed that the proposed route is no longer on the map, nor is there any mention of the trail. Was the idea for this trail abandoned for some reason?
  • Reply to: General and Off Topic   9 years 7 months ago
    Oh well, thanks for the
    Oh well, thanks for the reply. I wouldn't buy the bookset for just this one section. Maybe you guys can add this at some future point in time.....
  • Reply to: General and Off Topic   9 years 7 months ago
    Thank you
    Thanks Jeremy- i plan on updating my Harriman maps with this week's sale, but i appreciate the reply.
  • Reply to: General and Off Topic   9 years 7 months ago
    White Bar Shelter removed on 2012 edition of Harriman 118
    The shelter on the White Bar Trail, just south of its crossing of Route 106 (and before reaching Car Pond Mountain), was removed from the map in the next published edition in 2012.  This particular shelter was an old camp shelter and not like the official shelters in the park.  It had no floor, was a metal structure, was located off the trail a short distance, and was something we and the park did not want to show on the map for safety issues, as well as to make sure map users did not think this shelter structure was similar to the other official shelters in the park.~Jeremy, TC Cartographer
  • Reply to: General and Off Topic   9 years 7 months ago
    Map for area between High Point and Vernon
    The Trail Conference does not publish a map that covers the area between High Point (Map 123) and Vernon (Map 116).  That area is, however, covered on one of the maps that accompanies the Appalachian Trail Guide for New York and New Jersey, published by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and available from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference.
  • Reply to: General and Off Topic   9 years 7 months ago
    White Bar Shelter?
    I have an older version of the Harriman map set (2010), and it shows a shelter on the White Bar Trail, just south of 106. I passed that area today, and took a look around, but could not find the shelter. All i saw were numerous fire rings spread around the area. Does this shelter still exist? If so, does anyone know what kind of shape it's in? Thanks   Also, i stayed at the Bald Rocks shelter last night, and it is in great shape since the park did work on it. It does have a very small sleeping platform though, 2, maybe 3 people at most. I'm not sure why the park didn't extend the platform all the way across inside...
  • Reply to: General and Off Topic   9 years 7 months ago
    (Missing?) map question
    I can't find a trail map that covers the area east (-ish) of High Point NJ (map 123) and west (-ish) of Vernon NJ (map 116). That would cover a small portion of the AT as well as Liberty Marsh etc. Am I just looking in the wrong place, or does it not exist?
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