Biology 561 Barrier Island Ecology
Fall Semester, 2000

Northeastern Barrier Islands Field Trip Itinerary

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New York City, Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and vicinity
Date and time Actions Miles
Wednesday, 27 September 5:00 pm Leave rear of Friday Hall for Northeast barrier islands; I-40 to I-95 to I-195; departure time is approximate  
Thursday, 28 September 7:00 am - 8:00 am Arrive in vicinity of Sandy Hook, New Jersey; breakfast at fast food or in the van 645
8:00 am - 8:15 am Travel to Gateways National Recreation Area at Sandy Hook, New Jersey 10
8:15 am - 11:30 am Tour Sandy Hook beach and spit; light, Fort Hancock; view of New York City, Staten Island and Verrazanno Narrows bridge  
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Travel to Manasquan Inlet; Towns of Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach, Long Branch and Asbury Park 30
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm lunch and travel to Island Beach State Park 22
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Island Beach field trip; beach, dunes, forest and marsh  
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Travel to Atlantic City, New Jersey; boardwalk Brigantine Inlet and Island 73
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Tour of Atlantic City and Brigantine Island and Inlet ; walk on Ventor Avenue and Mediterranean Avenue  
7:00 pm -- Travel to Rutgers Marine Laboratory, Tuckerton, NJ, dormitory for the evening  
Friday, 29 September
6:30 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast and travel to Cape May 50
8:00 am - 8:40 am Walk around Cape May area while waiting for the ferry  
8:40 am - 10:00 am Cape May, New Jersey-Lewes, Delaware ferry across Delaware Bay  
10:00 am - 11:00 am Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware and vicinity 3
11:00 am - 11:30 am Travel to Delaware Seashore State Park via Rehoboth and Dewey beaches 8
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Delaware Seashore field trip and lunch  
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Travel to Fenwick Island and Ocean City, Maryland; high-rise, high density development with renourished beach 27
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm Travel to Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland 11
2:15 pm - 5:00 pm Assateague Island field trip; undisturbed, washover-dominated, microtidal barrier island  
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Travel to overnight campsite, Pocomoke State Park 40
Saturday, 30 September
6:30 am - 8:00 am
Break camp, breakfast and travel to Chincoteague Island and then on to Assateague Island National Seashore, Virginia 34
8:00 am - 10:00 am Chincoteague Island lifestyle; bird carving and ponies; Assateague Island  
10:00 am - 1:00 pm Travel along eastern shore of Virginia to Cape Charles 94
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Cross Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel to Virginia Beach, Virginia  
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Visit Cape Henry and Seashore State Park, Virginia 10
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Travel to Southern Shores, North Carolina 111
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Visit communities of Southern Shores, Duck, Corolla; Corolla light 44
7:00 pm - Overnight camping at Oregon Inlet Campground, visit Oregon Inlet  
Sunday, October 1
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Break camp, breakfast and travel to Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills; migratory and stabilized medanos 13
8:00 am - 10:30 am Visit Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills and Jockey's Ridge; highest dune on east coast of US 4
10:30 am -11:30 am Bodie Island lighthouse and Fish and Wildlife Service impoundments  
11:30- am - 12:30 pm Lunch  
12:30 pm -2:00 pm Travel to Buxton Woods; visit Rodanthe, Salvo and Waves; climb Cape Hatteras Lighthouse 40
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Travel to Ocracoke Island 25
4:00 pm 6:00 pm Tour Ocracoke village, Ocracoke lighthouse and wait for Ocracoke ferry to Cedar Island, North Carolina
6:00 pm - 8:15 pm Ferry Crossing  
8:15 pm - 10:30 pm Travel to Wilmington, NC 12 to US 70 to NC 24 to US 17 133

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