Event Details for

Atlantic County Park at Estelle Manor109 Route 50

59886    

4/18/2004 to 4/18/2004

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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