With a ton of snow predicted and it already flurrying, we headed for a short hike at Helyar Woods.
This is a small parcel of woods adjacent to Rutgers Gardens, in New Brunswick.
2.5 miles; very easy, little elevation gain.
For detailed hike directions visit our main Helyar Woods page.
This is a very short, easy hike at a piece of woods mainly used for dog walking and light walking.
Some of the trails are marked, others not, in a seemingly haphazard way… but it’s not a large or confusing park.
There may be a trail map available but nothing was open the day we were there, and I’ve located nothing online.
The trail starts at the parking lot next to the log cabin (which can be rented for parties and is very nice) and goes through the woods along Weston Mill Pond.
It ends under the overpass of Rt. 18, and we took the other path back along some fields, past an old Christmas Tree farm that has been left to grow (huge pines, all in rows, pretty neat) and back to the lot.
In nicer weather be sure to check out the gardens and the bamboo forest.
This area is sandwiched between some busy highways… high rises, highway overpass with graffiti, and even On The Border on Rt. 1 are sometimes visible, plus road noise.
The park still makes for a nice, quick hike though.
Pines in rows… an old Christmas Tree farm
Rt 1 and On the Border visable at one point (mmm after-hike margaritas)
