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'''Herrontown Woods''' is an 142-acre nature preserve on the eastern end of the Princeton Ridge in northeast [[Princeton, New Jersey]]. The property is owned by the municipality of Princeton and cared for by the Friends of Herrontown Woods<ref name=FOHW />. The park is a large, boulder-filled corridor of preserved land with over three miles of trails through mature forest. It was created in 1957 from land donated by [[Oswald Veblen]] and his wife Elizabeth M D Richardson. The headwaters of an upper tributary of Harry’s Brook originate in the preserve, and several rocky streams come down from the ridge and join near the parking lot on Herrontown Road. The tree-cleared right-of-way for the underground Transco Gas Pipeline bisects the property southwest to northeast, crossing several of the trails. | '''Herrontown Woods''' is an 142-acre nature preserve on the eastern end of the Princeton Ridge in northeast [[Princeton, New Jersey]]. The property is owned by the municipality of Princeton and cared for by the Friends of Herrontown Woods<ref name=FOHW />. The park is a large, boulder-filled corridor of preserved land with over three miles of trails through mature forest. It was created in 1957 from land donated by [[Oswald Veblen]] and his wife Elizabeth M D Richardson. The headwaters of an upper tributary of Harry’s Brook originate in the preserve, and several rocky streams come down from the ridge and join near the parking lot on Herrontown Road. The tree-cleared right-of-way for the underground Transco Gas Pipeline bisects the property southwest to northeast, crossing several of the trails. | ||
Bicycles are prohibited from the park's trails. | |||
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Revision as of 07:38, 24 April 2024
Herrontown Woods is an 142-acre nature preserve on the eastern end of the Princeton Ridge in northeast Princeton, New Jersey. The property is owned by the municipality of Princeton and cared for by the Friends of Herrontown Woods[1]. The park is a large, boulder-filled corridor of preserved land with over three miles of trails through mature forest. It was created in 1957 from land donated by Oswald Veblen and his wife Elizabeth M D Richardson. The headwaters of an upper tributary of Harry’s Brook originate in the preserve, and several rocky streams come down from the ridge and join near the parking lot on Herrontown Road. The tree-cleared right-of-way for the underground Transco Gas Pipeline bisects the property southwest to northeast, crossing several of the trails.
Bicycles are prohibited from the park's trails.
Notes
- ↑ The Friends of Herrontown Woods (FOHW) official website. FOHW is in the process of renovating the Oswald Veblen house lying on the property not far from the parking lot on Herrontown Woods. The house is intended to become a public venue for gatherings.