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Cheesequake State Park

Map of Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge, New Jersey
Arroyo del queso
Cheesequake Creek

Cheesequake State Park is a 1,610-acre (2.52 sq mi) state park located in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the United States.

The New Jersey Legislature allocated $100,000 in 1937 to purchase property for the park. The state first acquired a 250-acre (100 ha) tract of farmland and a Civil War-era mansion from the Favier brothers in January 1938. Additional lands were acquired over the next two years, and the Civil Conservation Corps, part of the Works Progress Administration, helped develop the property. The park was opened in June 1940.[9][10][11] It is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry and is part of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route.

The name Cheesequake has been variously described as deriving from the Lenape words Cheseh-oh-ke ("upland"),[12] Chichequaas ("upland village"),[13] or Chiskhakink ("at the land that has been cleared").[14]

Geography, flora, and fauna

The park's lowlands consist of freshwater and saltwater marsh and a tidal estuary near the mouth of Cheesequake Creek on the Raritan Bay. It also includes hills of Northeastern hardwood forest, open fields, and a white cedar swamp. It includes a small parcel of Atlantic coastal pine barrens, consisting of pine forest in sandy soil, an isolated section of the much larger New Jersey Pine Barrens. It also includes the 6-acre (24,000 m2) Hooks Creek Lake, a freshwater lake where recreational fishing features trout, largemouth bass, catfish, and sunfish. Crabbing is also available at the park.

Facilities, activities, and trails

Participants in a First Day Hike in the park in 2017 walk through the hardwood forest above and see the marshes below
Museum Road in Cheesequake State Park

The park includes an interpretive center and five marked trails for both hiking and mountain biking that run throughout the wooded hills and across long wooden bridges across marshland. The park has designated camping areas available by reservation. Swimming and boating are summertime activities, while sledding, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing are available in wintertime.

The Garden State Parkway runs through the park near exit 120 but offers no direct access. A road runs underneath the parkway to connect the northern and southern sides of the park. Parts of the park, including a picnic area, are visible from the parkway. Aberdeen-Matawan station (New Jersey Transit) is located about two miles east of the park.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.njparksandforests.org/parks/cheesequakestatepark.html
  2. ^ "Parque Estatal Cheesequake". DEP. DE NUEVA YORK . Consultado el 19 de noviembre de 2014 .
  3. ^ "CHEESEQUAKE STATE PARK OFRECE MUCHO QUE HACER EN UN PAQUETE PEQUEÑO". Gemas ocultas del estado de Nueva Jersey . NJDEP . Consultado el 18 de noviembre de 2014 .
  4. ^ "Plan integral de recreación al aire libre del estado de Nueva Jersey 2013-2017" (PDF) . Programa Acres Verdes . Departamento de Protección Ambiental de Nueva Jersey . Consultado el 18 de noviembre de 2014 .
  5. ^ "Campamento". Parque Estatal Cheesequake . NJDEP . Consultado el 18 de noviembre de 2014 .
  6. ^ "Senderos". Parque Estatal Cheesequake . NJDEP . Consultado el 18 de noviembre de 2014 .
  7. ^ "Parque Estatal Cheesequake". AMP Global . Archivado desde el original el 29 de noviembre de 2014 . Consultado el 18 de noviembre de 2014 .
  8. ^ abcde "Plan de gestión de la calidad del agua del condado de Middlesex" (PDF) . "Cargas diarias máximas totales de fósforo para abordar nueve lagos eutróficos en la región de aguas costeras del Atlántico" . EPA de EE. UU . pag. 16. Archivado desde el original (PDF) el 29 de noviembre de 2014 . Consultado el 18 de noviembre de 2014 .
  9. ^ "Un siglo de gestión forestal en Nueva Jersey, 1905-2005", por Kevin Wright, p. 52, 2005, consultado el 31 de diciembre de 2010
  10. ^ Matawan Journal, 27 de enero de 1938, p 1, "Comprar terreno para Cheesequake Park" [ enlace muerto permanente ] , consultado el 31 de diciembre de 2010
  11. ^ "The Civilian Conservation Corps: Un legado sigue vivo en los parques estatales de Nueva Jersey", DEP Focus, otoño de 2008, volumen 1, número 2, p 1, publicado por el Departamento de Protección Ambiental de Nueva Jersey, consultado el 31 de diciembre de 2010
  12. ^ PARQUE ESTATAL CHEESEQUAKE, consultado el 17 de noviembre de 2006
  13. ^ Cheesequake State Park: Cheesequake Cedar Swamp Archivado el 29 de septiembre de 2007 en Wayback Machine , consultado el 17 de noviembre de 2006.
  14. ^ "En el terreno que ha sido despejado - Cheesequake, Nueva Jersey". El diccionario parlante Lenape . Diccionario parlante Lenape . Consultado el 4 de junio de 2018 .

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