Maurice River Bluffs and Parvins State Park
For detailed hike directions, maps, photos and GPS coordinates, visit our Maurice River Bluffs page and our Parvins page.
Hiked two small and easy parks in south, south Jersey, in Cumberland County. And I don’t mean like Cherry Hill south Jersey. I mean south south Jersey.
Both parks have rock-free trails that are characteristic of south Jersey so you cover ground a lot quicker. If you are from central or north Jersey, the terrain here will seem very different. Very little elevation change, easy trail surface, lots of pine trees and some cedar at the Bluffs….
Maurice River Bluffs – 2.6 miles in about an hour. Pleasant trails through pine and cedar, with views of the Maurice River. A few minor rolling hills. This a new park and we only found out about it because of having family in the area. (I’m from south Jersey originally).
Parvins State Park - 3.3 miles in around 1.5 hrs. We did the trail around the lake… nice views of the lake along super easy trails. We went in the afternoon after the Bluffs, so Parvins was pretty crowded at that point – it was such a nice day out.
I first started going to Parvins with my grandmom as a kid. We’d sit on a bench by the lake and eat the elaborate picnic lunch she’d pack (I recall cans of root beer wrapped in foil to keep them cold) and then we’d walk the trail around the lake, sometimes by the campground, and sometimes the other direction, where we’d end up at the playground. I always wanted to walk all the way around the lake but she said it was too far for her. When I got older, I would take my brother around the lake and the rest of the trails.
