Ringwood Duck Pond Closure 2/6-2/28
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Duck Pond Loop Closure TEMPORARY AREA CLOSURE: The Duck Pond Loop section of Skylands will be closed between Parking Lot B and the Skylands Road gate from Monday, February 6 through Tuesday, February 28 for a Special Use Permit event. There will be NO PUBLIC ACCESS to this area – including motor vehicles, bikes, and pedestrian travel…
Shark River Devo a Cool Club
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Shark River Devo is a junior and U23 cycling race team from Monmouth County, NJ. Learn more about the team, athletes and staff.
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Sourland Bridge Repaired
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Bridge repairs went well but the dusting of snow made it interesting to find the bad boards. There’s a lot of leftover lumber too so we will continue in the spring.
High Bridge Flow Trails Receive GoHunterton Award
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Avid Trails, High Bridge Borough, the Jersey Off Road Bicycling Association (JORBA) and numerous community volunteers came together to create the High Bridge Flow Trails, New Jersey’s first downhill mountain biking trails on public land.
Ringwood Trails and Tourism Survey
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Ringwood Economic Sustainability Trails & Tourism Plan is seeking input input from community members on issues related to walking and biking in Ringwood. We have created an Online Survey and Input Map available on the project website where members of the community can tell us about how they get around the borough, what they would like to see improved,…
2022 Grasshopper Kid’s Race Recap
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WOW, what a great day of racing for kids on the Kid’s Korse, A total of 76 racers came out, the largest classes were the Boys PreK – Grade 1 and Grade 2 – 3 with 11 starters in each class The conditions were superb and kids were really flying around each 0.3mi lap. The…
Grasshopper Kid’s Bike Race, August 13, YES KIDS ARE RACING!!
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The Hilltop Grasshopper Kids Bike Race is coming soon at the new location in Cedar Grove below the new Community Center on Fairview Avenue. August 13 at 0900 is the first start time for PRE K – Grade 1 Sign up right now at this link to Bike Reg http://www.bikereg.com/grasshopper-kids-bike-race-11th-annual All the details are included…
Lawrence Hopewell Trail Full Moon Ride
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The Lawrence Hopewell Trail is pleased to offer its 7th annual Full Moon Ride on Saturday, July 9, at Mercer Meadows. Adults and children of all ages are welcome to the bike ride, which features classical musicians, a country singer, and techno DJ entertainment. The festivities begin at 8 p.m. Online registration is encouraged. Please…
Grasshopper Kid’s Bike Race, August 13, YES KIDS ARE RACING!!
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The Hilltop Grasshopper Kids Bike Race is back at the new location in Cedar Grove below the new Community Center on Fairview Avenue. August 13 at 0900 is the first start time Sign up right now at this link to Bike Reg This is a grassroots kids bike event that succeeds because of…
Round Valley Comes Alive!
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In what we hope to be a new & lasting iteration of JORBA’s presence at Round Valley, we have begun efforts to get the park into amore user-friendly state.
Tourne Trail Build March 20
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Sunday March 20, 2022 9:00 a.m. We have a few exciting Tourne trail projects in the works for 2022. To start, MCPC just gave us the green light to start construction on the final 0.5 mile section of the orange loop. This section will be just as amazing as the last section. Meet at the…
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Palisades MTB Spring Update
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Trail building training starts this March in Sterling Forest. (See below) Completion of the Upper Dwarskill Crossing in Alpine, NJ. Continuing our work on Augusta Mine in Sterling Forest. Work on Redback Connector in Sterling starts in April. (We need funds for this project, see below). Start of Takamak Long Path Bridge rebuilding in Blauvelt, NY. …
2022 Somerset County Parks Trail Work Days Announced
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The Somerset County Park Commission has published their “Volunteer Park Patrol” schedule for 2022. JORBA and the Park Rangers partner closely on trail maintenance projects and all are welcome to join and lend a hand. Official events will be posted here on the site as we get closer but for now, save these dates! Washington…
Sourland Mountain Preserve Park Report 2021
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2021 was a slower than normal year for trail work at the Sourlands due to the on-going pandemic, but also because all of the good sustainable work put in during prior years. The big project this year was a complete re-blazing of all the trails within the park. JORBA was not involved in this process…
