Spring Fitness Hike/Lunch @ Pine Tavern

Spring Fitness Hike - For those of you who missed it.

Join us for a Spring Fitness Hike in a local park. Weather permitting. Some or most of you have heard of this Park. It’s located right in Matawan. This will be a Basic Beginner/Intermediate On/Off Trail Fitness Hike on some roads and colored trails. If you have never hiked before, this hike will be a good starting point for you. It has flat/hill terrain. The more intermediate/advanced hikers, this will be very easy for you. The approximate distance is roughly 4-6/mi. We have done this many times, so most of you should be familiar from past meetups.

The address is 300 Gordon Road, Matawan, NJ. You should find it without a problem on most GPS apps. I recommend using the WAZE app.

We will meet at the lake parking lot. (Hooks Lake)There is plenty of parking there.

We can go for lunch @ the Pine Tavern on Route 34 after if anyone is interested; just a few minutes from the park. They have outdoor dining or we can just meet at the bar.

Cheesequake State Park’s uniqueness lies in its geographical location. Not only is it situated in the middle of the urban north and the suburban south, it lies in a transitional zone between two different ecosystems. Open fields, saltwater and marshes, a white cedar swamp, Pine Barrens, and a northeastern hardwood forest are the main characteristics of the park.

The name Cheesequake has been variously described as deriving from the Lenape words Cheseh-oh-ke ("upland" ("upland village"),or Chiskhakink ("at the land that has been cleared").