Coker Unicycle Ride:
East along bike path.
Right turn onto South on Franklin
Blvd (609) (first intersection).
Go across the Raritan, but stop
before bridge over canal.
Dismount (unless your really talented)
and walk unicycles across bumpy rocks to the right (west).
Ride west along the
Delaware-Raritan
Canal Tow Path (this is less than 1 mile from start). (East
from here the path is narrow and the canal continues only for
another block).
What is really cool about this ride
is:
40+ miles of trail mostly packed dirt
(with mile markers). There are a few challenging stone segments,
which can be easily walked, if necessary.
No cars.
Teeming with wild-life. BIRDS,
turtles, deer.
One side of the trail is the canal
and the other side is the Raritan river.
Bike friendly for those in need of an
extra wheel.
Impossible to get lost.
99% shaded for those hot summer
days.
Bathrooms near start in Johnson
Park.
Down side (I have to strain myself here):
Poison ivy on side of trail (I have
to duck on my 43" at times...)
Hmmm can't think of anything else...
except that its in Piscataway, New Jersey.
Directions:
From the North: Exit 129 from Garden
State Parkway for 440 West and I287 North (440 becomes I287)
Exit 9 from 287, then keep right for
River Road South (622)
From the South: Exit 127 from
Garden State Parkway for 440 West and
I287 North (440 becomes I287)
Exit 9 from 287, then keep left for
River Road South (622)
After 2.5 miles on River Road (about 4 lights)
make right into park on Johnson Drive (also intersection of Hoes Lane
West).
Road bends to the left and then park
at Olde Towne Village (early? check out the Village).
I will be there with bagels and cream
cheese, if you have a unicycle.