Batona Trail and Jersey Central Lines from Carranza Memorial is a 3.9 mile lightly trafficked loop trail located near Vincentown, New Jersey that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
Hiked down the old railroad bed until the first fire road crossing and came back along the Skit Branch via the Batona Trail to the campground.
February 16, 2021January 10, 2021nice not marked very well. need GPS. can extend route.
January 10, 2021Besides the pink trail, all off paths are not marked well. Not a lot of foot traffic, can extend this trail if you want.
January 2, 2021September 20, 2020beautiful day
June 28, 2020Not a marked trail but easy to follow. Lot's of sand and pine trees! Not many distinctly different features, so every mile feels like the last mile you just completed. Can get boring if you are with young or in experienced hikers.
June 14, 2020I started my hike by the train tracks and it was not marked so I had to wander around for a bit using the app to see if I was on the right trail. Once I found it, about a 1/4 mile in there was this pop up lake that made it impassable. I did not go through the bush for fear of chiggers. If you start near the campground, you might have a better chance, just know that you will have to turn around, unless you are wearing pants.
May 31, 2020The half of the loop that follows the Jersey Central Railroad tracks was not marked. That section is boring because the tracks are laid in a straight line and not great hiking because the railroad bed alongside the tracks is no longer level. The other half of the loop is mostly a sandy dirt road winding through the forest. We wish we had done the Apple Hill Fire Tower via Batona Trail hike instead.
May 24, 2020Great trail. Not super well marked. When you hit water follow the train tracks until you reach the dirt road. Once you cross the small bridge with a running stream you’ve gone just too far. Turn back and take the pink Botona marked trail.
March 20, 2020Not a bad walk/hike. Typical Pine Barren Landscape. Some river, bogs, and small ponds. Saw nobody on the trail, which was nice.
March 1, 2020Batona Trail from Carranza Memorial to Batsto
January 3, 2020We were unable to finish our walk because the “trail”, which is really a dirt road, was flooded as far as we could see. Saw no alternative but to pick our way through the brush so we took the alternate trail back. That cut our walk short by almost a mile.
March 4, 2019pretty last review i only did 1 star by accident. puddled halfway through so this time did out and back. very peaceful some rolling hills along train tracks that were good for heart rate
October 7, 2018half of the trail is great, the other half, which is almost a straight line follows old rail road tracks. Nothing but down trees, made it very hard to pass.
April 8, 2018
First to ReviewHiked down the old railroad bed until the first fire road crossing and came back along the Skit Branch via the Batona Trail to the campground.
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