NJ Parks & Forests Guide
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About NJ Parks & Forests Guide
The Official Guide for New Jersey Parks & Forests Pocket Ranger® app has gotten a total makeover!
This FREE all-inclusive outdoor guide was created in a collaborative effort between the New Jersey State Parks, Forests, Historic Sites and ParksByNature Network®, and the next generation of the app is better than ever.
Powered by Pocket Ranger® technology, the app gives outdoor enthusiasts an environmentally friendly way to enjoy the parks. It contains everything you need to plan a trip to the state parks, navigate them once you get there, and share your experiences afterward.
Newly added features:
•New user interface (UI) with a sleek, more photo-centric home screen design.
•Photo galleries on each park description page.
•A new Explore feature to optimize search capabilities, allowing a 4-in-1 search by location, activities, category, and site name, making it easier to find the perfect recreational destination.
The app still has rich GPS features, such as:
•Advanced GPS Maps, complete with an accuracy and distance indicator, which allow you to access trail data, record tracks from hikes, runs, or bike rides, and view elapsed time and distance traveled.
•Easy-to-cache GPS Terrain Map tiles, which ensure that navigation remains possible in the event of lost mobile reception.
•Photo waypoint feature allowing you to snap a photo and mark and record the coordinates of plant life, animal species or landscape views. Post or share these remarkable finds with family and friends with the click of a button.
•Friend Finder feature that tracks friends and family around the parks.
•Built-in compass.
•Potentially life-saving Alert feature that supplies GPS coordinates to designated contacts in case of an emergency.
Other standard features make exploring the great outdoors a breeze:
•Thorough information on all state parks including general policy, contact information, activities, trails, park maps and much more.
•Detailed, cacheable maps of park facilities, trails and campgrounds.
•Up-to-date news, park advisories and weather information.
•Sharing features for sharing current positions, waypoints and recorded tracks via Facebook, Twitter, or email.
•A real-time Calendar of Events.
•Access to online reservations that make it easy to secure overnight visits.
•Plus so much more!
With the Pocket Ranger® in hand, prepare to bask in the vast natural wonders of New Jersey Parks & Forests!
•The enhanced pro features on the app are designed to function in areas with little to no mobile reception; however, some of the features require mobile data reception in order to function properly.
•Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
This FREE all-inclusive outdoor guide was created in a collaborative effort between the New Jersey State Parks, Forests, Historic Sites and ParksByNature Network®, and the next generation of the app is better than ever.
Powered by Pocket Ranger® technology, the app gives outdoor enthusiasts an environmentally friendly way to enjoy the parks. It contains everything you need to plan a trip to the state parks, navigate them once you get there, and share your experiences afterward.
Newly added features:
•New user interface (UI) with a sleek, more photo-centric home screen design.
•Photo galleries on each park description page.
•A new Explore feature to optimize search capabilities, allowing a 4-in-1 search by location, activities, category, and site name, making it easier to find the perfect recreational destination.
The app still has rich GPS features, such as:
•Advanced GPS Maps, complete with an accuracy and distance indicator, which allow you to access trail data, record tracks from hikes, runs, or bike rides, and view elapsed time and distance traveled.
•Easy-to-cache GPS Terrain Map tiles, which ensure that navigation remains possible in the event of lost mobile reception.
•Photo waypoint feature allowing you to snap a photo and mark and record the coordinates of plant life, animal species or landscape views. Post or share these remarkable finds with family and friends with the click of a button.
•Friend Finder feature that tracks friends and family around the parks.
•Built-in compass.
•Potentially life-saving Alert feature that supplies GPS coordinates to designated contacts in case of an emergency.
Other standard features make exploring the great outdoors a breeze:
•Thorough information on all state parks including general policy, contact information, activities, trails, park maps and much more.
•Detailed, cacheable maps of park facilities, trails and campgrounds.
•Up-to-date news, park advisories and weather information.
•Sharing features for sharing current positions, waypoints and recorded tracks via Facebook, Twitter, or email.
•A real-time Calendar of Events.
•Access to online reservations that make it easy to secure overnight visits.
•Plus so much more!
With the Pocket Ranger® in hand, prepare to bask in the vast natural wonders of New Jersey Parks & Forests!
•The enhanced pro features on the app are designed to function in areas with little to no mobile reception; however, some of the features require mobile data reception in order to function properly.
•Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
Version update NJ Parks & Forests Guide was updated to version 5.22.0
Version update NJ Parks & Forests Guide was updated to version 5.17.1
Name changed Name changed! NJ Parks & Forests now is known as NJ Parks & Forests Guide.
More downloads NJ Parks & Forests Guide reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
What are users saying about NJ Parks & Forests Guide
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When you tap on exploring ad pops up. Then aap get stuck on the ad and only thing you can do is exit out of the aap. So waste of time
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A little bit confusing to navigate, but you get all the parks in one place.
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The only reason I downloaded the app was to be able to select a given NJ State Park and view the various blazed trails. This does not exist yet as the only maps are GPS via Google maps so some are there done aren't. Being developed in association with the Parks Committee, I hope every blazed trail in every state park with appropriately corresponding colors becomes available soon.
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I like this app for the maps and references for rules or regulations. It would be great to see it become a little more enhanced or user friendly. It is a very straightforward app.
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Fantastic for wasting battery and nothing else.
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Very helpful and great for looking for new parks to go too
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Use it often.
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Doesn't Load
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Nice app
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Love the concept and execution. Useful features Parks by Me introduced me to parks I never knew existed spent the summer exploring many new parks.GPS and friend finder came in handy and getting the knack of its advaced features . recommended.
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Does what i need it to do
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No problems using it.
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I know Alot of apps have ads but this is ridiculous! Along with pinpoints of state parks there are Chevy deal ship pinpoints. Too much. Uninstalling. There are other apps that do this better.
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Cant get past the stupid ad to the app app crashed for trying to close the ad many times
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Too glitchy and the ads make it unusable
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very good app
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Would be a 5 if you can save the Parks you wanna do.. and be able to mark.as completed.. also info on dog friendliness would be cool if it was on all.
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Cant get past the stupid ad to the app app crashed for trying to close the ad many times
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Nj outdoors good to hv
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This is so easy to use. I have to say state employees are doing a great job modernizing
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Nj outdoors good to hv
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Loaded with a lot of useful info
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Awesome to be able let friends & family know where you are! And it keeps a record of the trail you were on! Thanks, will def recommend
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Nice collection of free trail maps are very helpful. Thanks.
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I can see myself moving on the map.
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Discover beautiful New Jersey!
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Excellent ! Very useful
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Keeps stopping and has no proper GPS controls in the cache maps. Impossible to resize without app. Stopping. Tracking does not work. Also keeps stopping with no ability to save tracks.
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Its nice to instantly check a park, its features and campsite availability then reserve at a click. Nice app.
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Package file invalid. HTC incredible.
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Would open anything. Waste of time. Was really looking forward to this.
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I really liked this app last summer, but for the past month or more I keep getting an ” invalid packet file” error when I try to update. So currently, it's a ” poor” rating...
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Shows detailed info about all the parks in NJ
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If you're having problems with this app please send your messages to developer . It's at the bottom of the page with a description of your problem thank you
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No it isn't.
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This app has failed me every time I have used it. It crashes when I am using the gps (when you need it most) and the coordinates for the parks are wrong. I just went to some guys house trying to find the sourlands and he seemed pretty angry like it happenes a lot. Take me to to the parking area(s) not the middle of the park where people might live. I've been aggravated and frustrated for the last time. uninstall! Great idea for an app, now we just need someone to make a better one that actually works
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Sad that our tax money cant make an app for use to enjoy our parks
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Slow, buggy, ads use huge chunk of screen space in landscape mode. Can't zoom in enough on the maps. Uninstalled.
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Awesome
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Every time I try to use it I have loading problems. It takes me 20 minutes to find simple info because it either wont load or I get several error messages before it decides to work. Seems Jersey cant get anything right including an app