How To Section Hike Appalachian Trail Through New Jersey 

Hey thanks for commenting! Glad you enjoyed NJ. We love our state! So many of the thru-hikers we encountered were surprisingly impressed with NJ. We tend to get a bad rap sometimes.

You are very welcome! Enjoy and let us know how it goes.

You are very welcome! We’ve completed 5 sections so far and will finish the final section next week. Keep us posted if you hike the trail.

You are very welcome! We hope this helps you out. Give us an update when you go. We are a go to start section one finally this week after several delays.

That’s awesome! We checked off NJ Section 1 last week and are planning to do Section 2 in a couple of weeks. Maybe we’ll see you on the trail! 😄 Let us know how it goes for you. Best of luck and be safe!

Good tip!! Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, definitely get out there and enjoy. We’ve been delayed getting started for a couple weeks now due to weather. Seems Jersey weather has been awesome during the week and crummy on the weekends. We have a friend that wants to join us but he works so the weekend is better for him. I think we’re just gonna have to go rain or shine now.

Thanks! We hope we can encourage more folks to get out and experience the AT in Jersey. The trail is very accessible and there’s so much to see!

Hi Mickey, we're glad you found our video helpful in planning your hike through NJ. We've been posting trail videos from each section to show what it's like out there. So far, we've uploaded from sections 1-4 and we just hiked Section 5 yesterday so stay tuned for that upload soon. SOBO has certainly worked out well for us. The northern half of the trail is definitely easier and gave us a chance to build up stamina before tackling the more challenging southern half. High Point south to Del Water Gap is all along the Kittatinny Mountain range and involves a lot of elevation changes and rocky trail. Whereas north of High Point there's more flat walking than there is elevation changes. There's' definitely ups and downs there but the majority is easy walking through fields, roadways and of course the boardwalk. If you're looking to hike it straight through, just plan it well. Camping is only allowed along the trail within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area which encompasses all of Section 6 and the southern 10 miles of Section 5. The rest of the trail passes through state forests, parks and residential areas so camping is only allowed at the official AT shelters. There are no viable water sources in the Pochuck Mountain area except for a state-owned house that has a water spigot and it's currently out of service for repair (see the ATC website for updates). So, make sure to have enough water to get through that section. You might be tempted to pull from some of the streams there, but it's not recommended. You're never very far from civilization on the northern end and you'll cross over many well-traveled roads. The southern half can be very remote for long stretches and although there are many side trails that branch off the AT, those can be a few miles long before you reach a road. The only area we've had trouble with cell service has been from Crater Lake south to Millbrook Road (we have Verizon). I imagine the northern most area of Section 6 is probably spotty as well, but below that should be fine. Best of luck on your hike and be safe. Definitely let us know how it goes and if you find any information out there that would be helpful to others, please post it here.

Yes, Pennsylvania is down the road a bit yet though. I’ve started some of the research. Right now we’re working on completing our Connecticut hikes this summer. We’ve only been able to do one hike so far due to scheduling conflicts and weather delays. We were actually planning to be in Connecticut today in fact, but we canceled due to the storm forecasts. ☹️ When are you looking to hike Pennsylvania?

​@krohikinghappens500 I've completed from Mason Dixon line to Port Clinton/Hamburg Reservoir. . About 70% done. The northeast section is a challenge. Not as many road crossings, and long rocky dry stretches. You can see how I did PA so far on my channel. @mosshikes.

PA videos begin at episode 9

@@Mosshikes thanks I will check it out

@@Mosshikes How far are you planning on going this hiking season? We are trying to just do one state a season. We started with NJ last year since we live here. CT this year and NY next year. With four in our group, it's a challenge just getting everyone to agree on a hiking date! Ro doesn't want to camp so we're planning it as day trips right now. I think we can do MD through CT that way. After that, I'm going to have to convince her to camp if we want to take on the larger states.