celebration of the outdoors and gives us a chance to reconnect with nature. It is a day to enjoy the mental and physical health benefits of hiking. Pequest Staff will be celebrating this day, and we hope you will join us on one of the trails on the Pequest Wildlife Management Area.
We will be hiking a combination of trails for a nice 2.5-mile hike. There is a steep ascent of 127′ in a quarter mile on part of the trail.
Proper clothing and footwear are required. Hikers should wear hunter orange while on the trails.
For ages 8 years and above. Participants 16 years and younger must be accompanied by a participating adult.
Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center
State trout hatchery visitor center offers exhibits and self-guided tour. Hiking trails on wildlife management area. 4000-acre tract is open to hunting and fishing. Pequest River is trout-stocked; angler parking area at Rt. 46 entrance.