Hunterdon County Arboretum — Attraction in Clinton Township

Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of Brigantine Birding day-trip Nov 17 2024 organized by Hunterdon County Parks !

Tom Sheppard and Debra Reed of Hunterdon Parks gave a wonderfully enlightening and safe experience.

At Brig, Tom identified more than 50 species, many of them lifers. And Debra found the uncommon Nelsons sparrow !! along the auto loop. Thru-out the trip the group was taught with useful anecdotes and facts.

As a bonus, Tom included a sighting of the rare Eurasian Wigeon at Toms River on the way back !

Thanks to Tom and Debra for their careful and thoughtful plan...

This place was really cute and the Fall colors right now are great. There were a lot of picnic benches in the Arboretum that you could have a lunch at. I'm sure it looks a lot better in the summer though with more flowers around. The back paths could be a little better marked at the start, getting over to them I feel like I'm going where I shouldn't be. The paths are also quite short. I agree there were quite a few mosquitoes and gnats in the evening. My photo is from the back path I did not take any in...

The arboretum is a nice place to take a walk. It is not large so I only walked about 1.5 miles. I visited in October 2024 so there were only a few flowers left but some of the trees had pretty colors. On previous visits I had found the paths to be very muddy, but since this latest visit was during a drought, it was bone dry. The boardwalk section is in a usually wet section that can be interesting to observe. There is a large paved parking lot and lots of paper maps for the parks in the...