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885: 46: 407: 204: 82: 29: 356: 1546: 89: 53: 1586: 473:, September 11, 2012. Accessed June 30, 2022. "To really enjoy Mount Tammany—the rocky hump on the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap—you have to climb it.... Although you are a mere 1,527 feet above it all, you feel on top of the world." 312:, one of the earliest roads in the area, runs along the Delaware; it was used for transporting copper and slate from nearby mines and quarries, and is believed to have originally been a Native American trail that saw use by 776: 518: 305:, a small lake higher up the ridge covering 258 acres (1.04 km). Worthington gave Sunfish Pond the name of Buckwood Lake, and used it as a water supply for his lodge. 511: 1031: 932: 1622: 821: 1146: 504: 134: 1590: 975: 1442: 583: 1016: 925: 527: 228: 81: 45: 1627: 1113: 1578: 279: 185: 1564: 1123: 844: 1571: 1557: 1498: 1128: 953: 1550: 1067: 980: 918: 756: 1282: 1212: 1207: 298:. His intent was to create one of the premier deer hunting preserves in the county. He would name this estate Buckwood Park. 294:, who, throughout the late 1800s, purchased 6,000 acres (24 km) of land of both sides of the river, including parts of 1527: 1118: 941: 1138: 998: 970: 239:
of the state. It covers an area of 6,660 acres (27.0 km) and stretches for more than 7 miles (11 km) along the
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The forest includes the 1,085 acres (4.39 km) Dunnfield Creek Natural Area; the creek is designated a wild
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He built Buckwood Lodge, a small mansion on the side of Kittatinny Ridge, between the river and
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stream. The 258 acres (1.04 km) Sunfish Pond Natural Area consists of a
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forest, and can be reached by a steep and rocky climb along the
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View of Worthington State Forest from a campsite in June 2004
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within the park, including 7 miles (11 km) of the
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Worthington State Forest is located in New Jersey
New Jersey
Worthington State Forest is located in the United States
United States
Warren County
Coordinates
40°59′35.5″N 75°5′7.8″W / 40.993194°N 75.085500°W / 40.993194; -75.085500
New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
Official website
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state forest
Warren County
New Jersey
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
water gap
Skylands Region
Kittatinny Ridge
Columbia
hiking
camping
canoeing
kayaking
Delaware River
hiking trails
Appalachian Trail
New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
Charles Campbell Worthington
Mount Tammany
Sunfish Pond

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