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Hopewell Township, Mercer County, East Amwell Township,
Hunterdon County
374 Acres - Conservation Easement
37 Acres - Fee Simple
The conservation easement was granted to the Trust by the New
Jersey Department of Human Services (formerly Department of Corrections).
This land is part of the Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh estate
known as Highfields, a landscape of farm fields during Lindbergh’s
heroic flight over the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. Today the area
is re-grown into a hardwood forest of tulip poplar, oak and maples.
Highfields is a key open space parcel within the Sourland Mountain
region. Ornithologists are conducting studies of songbird habitats
in successional forests around Highfields.
Public Access and Uses:
Public access to the conservation easement land remains under
the control of the Department of Human Services although there
may be an opportunity in the future to construct trails on the
property. Public access is currently available on the adjacent
37-acre property owned by the Trust. Hiking opportunities are
also available on the adjacent Hunterdon County Sourland Mountain
Reservation. Hunting is not permitted.
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