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Time to get out on the wide open roads!

March 27, 2022

Last weekend's event was a great success starting at High Marques Motors in Morristown. 154 teams donated to the Highland Coalition in order to obtain a copy of the route instructions and series of MP3 audio files describing in detail the route and all of the historic and natural wonders encountered along the 67 mile drive. 89 cars turned out to run the event on Sunday. The tour passed not only Fairy Tale Forest and Gingerbread Castle but included a stop at the Franklin Mineral Museum which opened just for us. The event ended at the Irish Cottage Inn in Franklin, NJ. A narrated version of the Route Instructions can be found on the Motorsport Club of North Jersey Website. Here is a link to the first of six MP3 Files - Link

Discover the fascinating roadside geology of the New Jersey Highlands.

The Tour/Trek in support of the New Jersey Highlands Coalition will start at High Marques Motors in Morristown and end at the Irish Cottage Inn. Along the way in addition to exploring the scenic roads of the Highlands you will learn about the Newark Basin which was formed during the Triassic into early Jurassic period, and travel along the Ramapo Fault. The route may include a stop and viewing of the Boonton Gorge, which would be a dramatic beginning for Highlands Geology. As we head west over the Ramapo Mountains, a forested chain of the Appalachian Mountains in northeastern New Jersey we will enter into the "Great Valley", that stretches from Quebec to Georgia, as mentioned in book Roadside Geology of New Jersey!

Great roads and spectacular way to understand where we live!

Event Flyer

Registration 10:30 AM
First Car Out: 11:31 AM

Online Registration

$25.00 for a two-person team

Electric Vehicles Discount and Student Discount are available

All proceeds will go to the Highlands Coalition