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My first time at Ringwood State Park
Hiking over the winter is not something I have always been into. But some friends and I decided to go out this cold day. We headed up to Ringwood State Park (Ringwood, NJ). I had not yet been there, but VERY happy I did.

We also found another amazing place, New Jersey State Botanical Garden, (Ringwood, NJ). I can't wait to get back and see BOTH these places during the greener months of the year :)
Date:
12/31/2007
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Winter
Date Added:
02/18/2008
Our hike today started out in the second parking lot (after the Manor lot). We headed towards the Red and White trails. We followed the white trail.. but we found out that the map we were using was definitely out of date. The map told us to follow the yellow/white trail.. but the white trail actually turned off in a weird way.
Ringwood Manor
Looking around in front of Ringwood Manor
Looking around in front of Ringwood Manor
Looking back towards the parking lot
The start of the Ramapo and Vrossover trail

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a snowy, hidden trail. Thank god for trail blazes
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After following the yellow trail (hoping the white trail would show up and things would make sense, we had to backtrack. We finally found a road and decided to follow it. The hill was just SO sharp.
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But at the top of the hill we were pleased to find the Botanical Gardens. What a great place. I can't wait to get back here during the summer.
Hey! Wait up!
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I wonder how much they charge during the warmer months
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The old stable house

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A bad shot, just trying to show a shot of the inside of the building
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Back down the hill, and back to the car. We drove up to the main lake. Here we found a nice church, beach, open areas.. just a great place for a nice summer day.
Heading back down the hill
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A cold day to go biking I must say
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updated: 04/01/2008