{"id":1180,"date":"2008-06-20T08:46:19","date_gmt":"2008-06-20T12:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2008-06-20T08:46:19","modified_gmt":"2008-06-20T12:46:19","slug":"great-driving-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/06\/20\/great-driving-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Driving Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I&#8217;ve found some absolutely wonderful driving roads here in NJ &#8211; in Morris and Union Counties, actually.<\/p>\n<p>The first is a series of roads that winds their way through (and around) the <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/?ie=UTF8&amp;ll=40.721762,-74.451942&amp;spn=0.0912,0.150375&amp;t=p&amp;z=13\">Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>. Unfortunately they are often clogged by cyclists, and of course there&#8217;s probably a lot of animals around (turtles, deer, that sort of thing). And the speed limit is rather low, but even still, they are very nice twisty roads &#8211; and they just re-paved them the other day, so they are quite smooth &amp; well graded. A really nice drive, whether you go fast or slow.<\/p>\n<p>The second is the roads through and around <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/?ie=UTF8&amp;ll=40.683762,-74.377785&amp;spn=0.045626,0.075188&amp;t=p&amp;z=14\">Watchung Reservation<\/a> &#8211; again, some very fun and curvy roads that are just a blast to&#8230; well, blast through. Again, of course, watch out for cyclists, animals, and of course the speed limits. But most fun roads have that speed limit problem&#8230; just use your own best judgment when traversing these roads.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all I have for now, but rest assured I will let you know if I find any other great driving roads (and I am always looking). If you know of any great driving roads around here, or around where you are, or even just wherever, feel free to post them in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun driving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I&#8217;ve found some absolutely wonderful driving roads here in NJ &#8211; in Morris and Union Counties, actually. The first is a series of roads that winds their way through (and around) the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Unfortunately they are often clogged by cyclists, and of course there&#8217;s probably a lot of animals around&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/06\/20\/great-driving-roads\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Great Driving Roads<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[81,18],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars-and-trucks","tag-driving","tag-new-jersey","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-j2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6041,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2024\/09\/12\/on-the-road-scotland\/","url_meta":{"origin":1180,"position":0},"title":"On the Road: Scotland","author":"Keith Survell","date":"September 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"What is it like driving in the remoter parts of northern Scotland? 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