Boundary Creek Natural Resource Area Boardwalk #2 - Moorestown, NJ
N 40° 00.671 W 074° 54.328
18T E 508067 N 4429002
This is a complex, very long boardwalk which travels over marshland ending at the Rancocas Creek, a large body of water, home to a whole host of flora and fauna. This boardwalk is a total of 425 feet long in three different sections.
Waymark Code: WMAHD7
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2011
Views: 6
Boardwalk #2 is furthest away form the parking lot than any of the other walks and is a complex series of walkways with some petrosomatoglyphs thrown in for good measure. The contractors were asked to add them to this section of walkway. These man-made representations of animals can easily be missed if you do not know to look for them. The boardwalk traverses marshland ending at the Rancocas Creek. At the furthest end is a two-tiered platform, viewing area with two sets of viewing binoculars, free, one high and one low. There is an offshoot that goes to the west then back to the north again ending at the Rancocas. This one has a flora/fauna interpretive. The whole thing looks like a backwards four. The main section is 160 feet which leads to the decks and binoculars. The offshoot is 115 feet up toward the binocular area. Make a right turn and head you east; that section is 150 feet long, go to the end, make a left head north another 115 feet to the other viewing platform and interpretive.
The boardwalk is only a few years old as this park was established in 2009. I love this park and its boardwalks. Visitors can experience fields, shrub/scrub, forest, marsh and river without having to trek far or manage rough terrain. The park has wide, level trails, observation platforms and blinds, good signage, rest rooms and safe parking. The observation platforms overlooking Rancocas Creek can provide interesting sightings in any season, from waterfowl in winter to jumping fish, basking turtles, and flycatchers hawking insects in warmer months. This park was designed specifically for birding and wildlife watching.
This non-coastal boardwalk is 660 feet away from the parking lot. It is simple to get to. There is a path that cuts through the loop which runs around the park. The path starts at the parking lot at these coordinates: N 40° 0.575 W 74° 54.336. You'll pass the human sun dial at a rotary on the way to the interpretive. The dial is in a small rotary with benches. All total it is a 539 foot walk through the heart of the nature preserve. At the end make a left and walk 143 feet and you got yourself a nature interpretive.
The posted coordinates are for the beginning of the boardwalk, just off the main, circular trail.