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The Pine Barrens cover more than a million acres of southern New Jersey, and the roads through them are flat, straight and quiet. It's the place for a long, steady ride, or a first long ride.
Tabernacle sits on the western edge of the pines, where farms meet forest. Deeper in, around Chatsworth, is the heart of New Jersey's cranberry country; the harvest, when the bogs are flooded red, is in October.
The loop
Built by RideLoop from each town, the same way it builds yours. Every press of Build in the app makes a new one.
Tabernacle pines
Flat and quiet: Hawkin, Big Hill, Retreat and Hilliards Bridge Roads through the pines and farms around Tabernacle, on the western edge of the Pine Barrens.
- Crosses US 206 once, never rides along it
- No 50 mph or four-lane roads along the way
Before you go
- Bring everything: water, food and a spare tube. Stores are few and far apart.
- Stay on paved roads. Many roads in the pines are sand, and some look like any other road on a map. RideLoop leaves out roads mapped as unpaved.
- Phone signal is patchy in places. Load the loop onto your Garmin before you leave.
Your own loop, from your front door
- Set your start. Home, a café or a park, anywhere in the US.
- Pick a distance. RideLoop builds a loop on quiet roads and leaves out highways, 50 mph roads and four-lane roads.
- Send it to your Garmin. Or download a GPX for any other bike computer.
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Questions
Is the Pine Barrens good for road bikes?
Yes, on the paved roads. They are flat and quiet, which makes them good for long rides and new riders. Avoid the sand roads.
When is the cranberry harvest?
Most of it happens in October, when the bogs are flooded and the berries float.
Is RideLoop free?
Yes, to start. Bronze is free: 2 loops a month, sent to Garmin Connect, plus GPX downloads for any device. Silver is $9.99 a month for 30 loops a month, sent straight to your Garmin in one tap. Gold is $14.99 a month at the launch price, with unlimited loops and every feature.
Which roads does RideLoop leave out?
Roads with a speed limit of 50 mph or more, roads with four or more lanes, and roads mapped as highways. County roads with no shoulder count as four times their length, so loops use them only where there is no quiet way around. Roads other riders graded rough are left out too.
Build your own Pine Barrens loop
Start from home or anywhere on the map, pick a distance, and send it to your Garmin.
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