Abram S. Hewitt State Forest

State forest in New Jersey, United States

41°11′8.5363″N 74°19′52.9500″W / 41.185704528°N 74.331375000°W / 41.185704528; -74.331375000^[1]Area2,001-acre (8.10 km²)Opened1951Operated byNew Jersey Division of Parks and ForestryWebsiteOfficial website

Abram S. Hewitt State Forest is a state forest by Hewitt in northwestern New Jersey that is 2,001 acres (8.10 km²). It is on the Bearfort Ridge of unusual conglomerate between Greenwood Lake and Upper Greenwood Lake. Its forests are part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion.^[2] It has a number of overlooks and colorful bedrock. It is accessible only on foot, with trails including the Bearfort Trail, 3.0 miles (4.8 km) and white-blazed. Another trail is the Quail trail, 2.4 miles (3.9 km) and orange-blazed. Another is the Ernest Walter trail, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) and yellow-blazed. Also, the 1.2 miles (1.9 km) State Line trail is blazed with blue on white. Lastly, the Appalachian Trail traverses the forest's northwest corner along its route. The Appalachian Trail is approximately 2,200 miles (3,500 km) long.^[3]

References

^ http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/abram.html
^ Olson, D. M; E. Dinerstein; et al. (2001). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth". BioScience. 51 (11): 933–938. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2.
^ "Abram S. Hewitt State Forest". 21 October 2016.

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Protected areas of New Jersey

Federal

National historical parks	Morristown Paterson Great Falls Thomas Edison
National monuments	Statue of Liberty
National recreation areas	Delaware Water Gap Gateway
Other protected areas	Pinelands National Reserve
National scenic trails	Appalachian Trail
National wild and scenic rivers	Delaware River Great Egg Harbor River Maurice River Musconetcong River
National wildlife refuges	Cape May Edwin B. Forsythe Great Swamp Supawna Meadows Wallkill River
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Jacques Cousteau

State

State parks	Allaire Allamuchy Mountain Barnegat Lighthouse Cape May Point Cheesequake Corson's Inlet Delaware and Raritan Canal Double Trouble Edison State Park Farny Fort Mott Hacklebarney High Point Hopatcong Island Beach Kittatinny Valley Liberty Long Pond Ironworks Monmouth Battlefield Parvin Pigeon Swamp Princeton Battlefield Rancocas Ringwood Stephens Swartswood Voorhees Washington Crossing Washington Rock Wawayanda
State forests	Abram S. Hewitt Bass River Belleplain Brendan T. Byrne Green Bank Jenny Jump Norvin Green Penn Ramapo Mountain Stokes Wharton Worthington
Recreation areas	Atsion Bull's Island Round Valley Spruce Run
Wildlife management areas	List of New Jersey wildlife management areas

County

Nature parks	Eagle Rock Reservation Garret Mountain Reservation Sourland Mountain Preserve South Mountain Reservation Watchung Reservation New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route