Let’s Hike & Swim! PLEASE NOTE: Parking is extremely limited so it would be best to meet at the church and carpool there. We will meet at the church by 9:30, leave church by 10am, get there around 10:30am, hike in by 11am, an hour or two to swim and eat and hang out, hike back to the cars by 1:30, back to church by 2pm.

Some additional points to note:

-Lockatong Nature Preserve is about a total of a 2 mile hike that leads to a swimming hole/waterfall...the hike portion is a mile in and a mile out so almost everyone should be able to handle it.

-It is all flat walking until you get to the waterfall where it slopes down...also note you must go back up on the way out. But it's very brief. The trail can be muddy depending on how much rain we've gotten recently so be prepared.

-Bring bagged lunch, water, towel to dry off with and sit on, bathing suit, sneakers you don't mind getting wet or water shoes (best to swim in them to protect your feet on the rocks). Toilet paper? There are no bathrooms out in nature.

-The swimming hike has places to wade, or fully swim in the hole, and even a 10ft. cliff jump, and a place to sit in a small waterfall.

• Parking is extremely limited so it would be best to meet at the church and carpool there.

-This is pin drop below of where Lockatong Nature Preserve is located. Going north on Rd. you will make a left into the Lockatong Nature Preserve onto a dirt road. Go all the way down until it dead ends and park. You will see the trail at the dead end.

https://www.theoutbound.com/new-jersey/hiking/hike-to-the-hidden-lockatong-waterfall