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A free personalized dog tag will be given to anyone who walked "The Origins Walk | LENAPE34" on Oct 10, 2011. - regardless of how long they walk.

To receive your dog tag you must have walked at least 1 mile on the Lenape Trail that day and completed the participant survey. Certain information in the survey is used to inscribe your dog tag.

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Walk Schedule & Mileage Estimates - (as of 10/6/11)

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Itinerary for October 10, 2011

  Time Miles Cum. Miles Avg mph Time (hrs) Cum. Time
Millburn Train Station* 7:00 AM   0      
Northfield Ave Overpass 9:30 AM 5 5 2.0 2.5 2.5
Prospect & Eagle Rock 11:00 AM 4 9 2.5 1.5 4.0
Lunch Break (30 min.) 11:30 PM 0 9 0.0 0.5 4.5
Verona Park Bloomfield Ave 1:00 PM 3.5 12.5 2.3 1.5 6.0
Mountain Ave Train Sta.** 4:00 PM 7 19.5 2.3 3.0 9.0
Brookdale Park 4:30 PM 1.5 21.0 3.0 .5 9.5
GS Parkway Crosswalk 5:00 PM 1 22 2.0 0.5 10.0
Branch Brook Light Rail*** 6:30 PM 4 26 2.6 1.5 11.5
Rt 280 Underpass 7:00 PM 2.5 29.5 2.5 1.0 12.5
Newark - Penn Station 8:30 PM 2.5 32 2.5 1.0 13.5
TOTALS   32   2.4 13.5  

 

*     Morristown-Dover NJ Transit Train Station - to/from - Newark / New York
**   Montclair-Boonton NJ Transit Train Station - to/from - Newark / New York
*** Newark Subway Light Rail - alternate quick transportation to Newark train stations

Trains will be running on a normal non-hoilday schedule.

Starting: (Sunrise: 7:01)

1)      We convene at South Mountain, Locust Grove parking area on Glen Ave behind the Millburn Train Station at 6:30. Parking may be a problem. Limited to about 25 parking spots. We’ll shuttle if we have to. Note: Millburn is a small busy train station with no available weekly parking except by permit.

2)      Need Coffee+? Millburn Diner is 1 block away on Essex, Starbucks close, etc.

3)      When you arrive, sign sheet with name, town & cell#

4)      We will wait for the first NYC train arrival scheduled for 6:49 a.m. (#6305 from Penn Sta. 6:07)

5)      Briefing & Group Photo will be at Locust Grove: 6:55 a.m.

6)      We start walking the trail as soon as we can after 7:00 a.m.

Finishing: (Sunset: 6:25 - dark by 7:00)

1)      Penn Newark is the official end

2)      Some last five miles alternatives – may depend on time – do as a group if possible

  1. Stay on Lenape Trail through park following planned route - (not recommended after dark)
  2. Walk down Bloomfield Ave - connects eventually with Broad St. and downtown
  3. Take Newark Light Rail (subway) from Branch Brook Park Stop (@ Grafton Ave.) $1.50/frequent/15 minute ride to Penn Station Newark (total miles walked would be about 28).

3)      End at Penn Station – we’ll call at the end. Get a finishing photo.

 


Optional Walks (for those that want less than 34 miles


1) Mayapple - Verona Park  Start parking lot (So. Mountain Resv.) /Cedar Ave/Pleasant Valley Way
We should be at the this parking lot which you access by going up Cedar Ave. its about 1/2 mile north of
Northfield Ave. Start there /park there? From there you can continue to Verona Park @ Bloomfield Ave. Park on Pleasant Valley way right before Bloomfield Ave. MIleage=8 miles - pretty easy 9:30- 1:00 p.m.


2) Verona Park – Brookdale Park Start  @ Bloomfield Ave and 
This is a tougher walk being mostly in the woods thru West Essex Trail and Mills Reseervation but a real
nice hike. Mileage = 9 miles 1:00 - 5:00 (more challenging

Any questions? paul@freewalkers.org