⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking Lord Stirling Park in Basking Ridge, New Jersey
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- June 22, 2024 - 11:20 AM
90°F / 32°C
Walkthrough (without narration) of Lord Stirling Park, located in the Great Swamp Basin in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Filmed with GoPro Hero 12.
Highlights:
00:00 - Walking on the Red Trail
28:34 - Walking on the Boondocks Boardwalk Trail
From Wikipedia:
"Lord Stirling Park is a 925/950 acre park operated by the Somerset County Park Commission and located in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and separated from the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge by the Passaic River. The park displays a diverse ecosystem in floodplains of the upper Passaic River and its contributors and contains swamps, fields, forests, brooks, marshes, and meadows.
Lord Stirling Park has two major parts. It is home to the Somerset County Environmental Education Center which contains 425 acres (1.72 km2) and provides educational services for visitors and contains a gift shop; it is also the starting point for a number of hiking trails for the exploration of the park. The office and education building was the first public building in the United States that was solar-heated when opened in 1977. The original hot water solar heating system panels were replaced in 2013 with solar photovoltaic panels. The Lord Stirling Stable is an equestrian center with stables, an indoor arena, outdoor rings, and about 10 miles (16 km) of dedicated horseback trails in its 366-acre (1.48 km2) section of the Lord Stirling Park.
The area was prehistorically part of the Glacial Lake Passaic. For thousands of years it has been inhabited, and current archeological sites explore the artifacts of the Lenape civilization. The park is named after William Alexander, Lord Stirling, a general of the American Revolution whose estate included the area. His manor is in an unopened part of the park."
thanks for the walk
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
@@walkingdrivingincognito you're welcome
It's been a while since my last visit to that beautiful place. Thanks for the reminder! But I'll wait to go back there until it cools down a little, lol.
Yes, it is beautiful! And yes, good call on waiting until it cools down a bit, since this was definitely a sweaty one for me! 😅 This looks like it could be a great place to visit for fall foliage.
@@walkingdrivingincognito Indeed! Did you go to the Raptor Trust, just down the road? That's a great place to visit. They do a very good job saving birds of prey.
@@mnk.7310 Interesting, I don't think I ever heard of that place before - thanks for the suggestion!