Mt. Misery

Date: Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Time: 12:00pm-6:00pm

The lake behind the outdoors church.

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Rose and Breanne in the Lifeguard stand.

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Random tire swings!

Located in Browns Mills, N.J., Mt. Misery is far from what it seems. No meth labs, no wild dogs, maybe some pineys, but all in all a fun place. After turning onto Mt. Misery Road you will enter the Pine Barrens. There are some weird piney-looking houses and dirt roads mostly. Then, alas, a large open area comes into sight.

Warning: If you have a Ford Focus, or any other compact car, and feel the need to go offroading with it - it is a horrible idea. But it makes for a great time. Digging out your car could be the highlight of the trip! Like it was ours.

When you get to the open field, make sure you park on the dirt road and walk to it. Across from the homes there's the grassy field. If you walk far enough to the tree-line you will see stairs. These lead you to the altar which was once used for human sacrifice in the old days and now holds prayer services for Methodist churches and the surrounding campgrounds. It was very interesting; however, it became old quickly. We followed the trail made of wooden planks connected to the church site. They led us to a lake!

I recommend going in the offseason like we did because it looks semi-abandoned and pretty creepy. Further down the trail, a bridge can be walked on. It makes for a beautiful sight. If you keep going you will come across a "playground in the woods." So much fun! There were rope webs, tire swings, and other things the campers use. I wouldn't say it was scary by any means. It was probably an old cub scouts camp full of activities.