Event Details for
Atlantic County Park at Estelle Manor109 Route 50
59886
4/18/2004 to 4/18/2004
City and
State: Mays Landing NJ |
Host Club:
Princeton Area Walkers |
Distance and
Trail Rating: 11K
Trail rating: 1 + |
Start Point
Address: Pavilion A of Atlantic County Park at Estelle Manor, Rt.
50, Mays Landing, NJ |
Event
Description: This event is not a Civil War Battlefield
special event. However, this historic trail passes the ruins of a Civil
War Window Plate Glass Factory, a Native American Village display, and the
ruins of a post WW I Bethlehem Steel Artillery Shell Factory. The Window
Plate Glass Factory was built by the Estelle family in 1826 and was
operative until the 1870's. Later the property was sold to Bethlehem
Steel, who then built the shell factory in anticipation of the war. It
became operative shortly before the war ended and was later sold to the
state. The county purchased it in 1974 and developed the first county park
there. The Native American display is an ongoing Boy Scout Project. |
Start
Times: Start: 9 - 12 AM Finish by 3 PM |
Contact:
Charles Kaiser , (732 ) 840 - 1130 |
E-Mail
Contact: kaiser@mail1.monmouth.army.mil |
Awards and
Fees: IVV Credit $3; Non-IVV requesting $3 donation |
Directions: From the GSPNorth: Exit 36, ** Atlantic City, Pleasantville, US 40. Right at light to circle to US 40/322 West. Follow 5 miles to Hamilton Mall on right. Take second jughandle for US 40 West. Follow 4 miles to Mays Landing. Left at NJ 50 South/ US 40 West. Left at NJ 50 South split. Follow NJ 50 South for 3 1/2 miles to park enrance on left. From Philadelphia: Atlantic City Expressway to NJ 50 South. Stay on NJ 50 South through Mays Landing, then 3 1/2 miles to park entrance on left. From Wash. DC, Baltimore and points south: I-95 North to Delaware Memorial Bridge to US 40 East. Follow to Mays Landing. Make a right at the light for NJ 50 South. 3 1/2 miles to park on left. From New York and points North: New Jersey Turnpike south to Garden State Parkway South to Exit 36. ** Follow as above.
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Comments: Flat walking on firm sugar sand and other natural surfaces in Atlantic County Park |