On Saturday the 27th my older brother and I decided to do a little suburban hiking. We had been working together near the creek and small section of woods still left in Haddon Heights and we got to talking about it. He used to play back in the area as a child and was curious to see how it changed. I was game for doing some hiking so I said lets do it. I made up a small day pack in a surplus Army assault pack and we meet up around noon on Saturday to set out for the darkest deepest forest in suburbia. I whipped up at quick Google map of our trail.
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Here are some pics from the hike along the south bound side of Rte. 295
this was just above where we crossed the creek
Looks like the local kiddies do or did some bmx riding back here.
rock wall along the creek bed
sink hole along the trail the kids have carved while riding bmx back here
some ducks a log jam and some trash 
self portrait
I walked half threw the tunnel but dicided to stop and turn back.
these were cool because they were made in the silt below the water.
this is the Haddon Heights trail lean to
This is the only picture from the north bound side of the trail, as my camera battery died.
north bound side of tunnel. there were some fish down in the water but they spooked as we walked up.
After walking back over the old dump and to the north bound side of the creek tunnel we hiked back to the tennis courts. From there we entered the Little Timber Creek Nature Trail, if my memory serves me this trail was the Eagle Scout project of a guy I went to high school with. My brother told me the area was the old boro concrete and tree dump. We walked the trail and followed the creek behind the swim club and back up along the highway wall. It was a nice relaxing hike.
The really good news is my brother started asking me about hiking packs and hammocks. He said he is thinking about coming along with me on my goal of a fall Batona Trail Hike.
Hi Mike – I just thought I’d drop you a line to say hello and congratulations on a great blog. Good to see that you’re getting out an enjoying your local area.
I drove from the NJ Shore to Philadelphia a couple of years ago, so I must have passed pretty close to your neighbourhood. Here in the UK we tend to think of the Eastern US as being mostly urban, but I was surprised by how much open countryside and wilderness areas there were. You’re lucky to have all that on your doorstep.
Keep up the good work!
All the best
BWM
p.s. – the tracks underwater were very cool – that must be a rare thing to find!
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Life has kept me busy and unable to keep up with the blog but that should be changing soon. You suburban setting you can find some nice areas mixed in among the cookie cutter housing. Haddon Heights has one of the larger tracts of open land around, although a lot of it is ball fields and soccer fields (football pitches if I remember the term correctly). Yes the tracks were a great find and I was glad I was able to see them. I only wish I had my hiking stave with me so I could have sounded the floor of the tunnel to safely traverse the whole thing.
Whose tracks do you think they are? Raccoon maybe?
They looked like raccoon prints to me and my brother. It was cool to see prints under water.