Hiking through an actual abandoned Ghost Town in the Pine Barrens? From an empty schoolhouse to shadow figures in the cranberry bogs, Double Trouble State Park is incredibly eerie! My series continues. #DoubleTroubleStatePark #PineBarrens #BayvilleNJ #GhostTown #HauntedNJ

I've been obsessed with Massachusetts's pine barrens recently. It's such a strangely beautiful place! The sandy dunes provide a unique inland habitat for fire-adapted species rich in insects and birds like whip-poor-wills.

#ecology #sandbarrens #pinebarrens

Thanks to Nate Cristofori and Town of Plymouth for helping make this a great field experience!

#FireEcology #PrescribedFire #PineBarrens #FieldEcology

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Is this perfectly round Pine Barrens pool actually a bottomless portal? Beware the unseen hands trying to pull you under the infamous Blue Hole! My Jersey Shore series continues. #BlueHole #PineBarrens #HauntedNJ #JerseyDevil #GhostTok

Hear the phantom engine of a doomed 1928 plane? The deep woods surrounding the Carranza Memorial are highly active with the spirit of a tragic aviator. The Jersey Shore series continues! #CarranzaMemorial #PineBarrens #HauntedNJ #GhostTok #Paranormal

What if this perfectly preserved 18th-century ghost town is actually full of ghosts? Phantom blacksmiths and shadowy mansion figures haunt Batsto Village! My Jersey Shore series continues. #BatstoVillage #PineBarrens #HauntedNJ #GhostTok #Paranormal

Did you know Shamong almost became Indian Mills? The name Shamong comes from the Lenape and is traditionally translated as “place of the horn.” In 1992, residents even voted on changing the township’s name!

#Shamong #NJHistory #PineBarrens #SouthJersey #IndianMills

Ever wonder how Indian Mills got its name? This Pine Barrens community was once known as Edgepillock and Brotherton, before its mills and Lenape community gave it the name we know today.

#IndianMills #NJHistory #ShamongNJ #SouthJersey #PineBarrens

Piney Podcast Special: 5th Annual Pine Barrens Makers Fest Preview
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#NewJersey #SouthJersey #PineBarrens #ThePineys #commentary

Ever wonder how Wescoatville got its name? This Pine Barrens community grew as a farming settlement in the 1800s, and its name points to the Wescoat family, who had deep roots in the area.

#Wescoatville #NJHistory #SouthJersey #PineBarrens #MullicaTownship

It’s kinda rad to be the country’s first National Reserve …

📷: Pinelands Commission staff

#pinelands #pinebarrens #kindarad #newjersey #nature #wildlife

Ever wonder how Warren Grove got its name? This Pine Barrens community was once called Cedar Grove, but a post office naming conflict led to a new name. The mystery? We still don’t know exactly who “Warren” was!

#WarrenGrove #NJHistory #PineBarrens #SouthJersey #OceanCounty