South Jersey Wheelmen

    DIRECTIONS TO
    FORT MOTT STATE PARK
    Get Ready Metric Century

    From the North
    1. Find your way to the Garden State Parkway or go directly to the New Jersey Turnpike
    2. South on the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 4.
    3. After toll at Exit 4 turn right – North bound on Route 73.
    4. North on Route 73 for less than a mile, then south on Route 295.
    5. South on Route 295 – watch yourself at Exit 26. Keep to the right and follow signs to the Delaware Memorial Bridge
    6. Exit Route 295 at Exit 1C to Route 551 South. There are a number of ways to exit 295 at this point so be careful to find the Route 551 Exit.
    7. Follow route 551 South to Route 49.
    8. Turn left on Route 49. Follow Route 49 .8 mile to Lighthouse Road which is the first road to the right. Skip to No. 16.

    From West via Benjamin Franklin Bridge
    9. Stay to the right and take Route 676.
    10. At end of Route 676, take Route 42 South.
    11. Follow Route 42 South about 2 miles to the exit for Route 295 South. Skip to No.6

    From West via Walt Whitman Bridge
    12. Follow route 42 to Route 295 South exit. Skip to No. 6

    From West via Commodore Barry Bridge
    13. Take Route 322 East toward Atlantic City for two miles.
    14. Take exit for Route 295 and follow instructions for No. 6 above.

    From West via Delaware Memorial Bridge
    15. Take Exit for Route 49 toward Pennsville and Salem.
    16. Follow Route 49 to Lighthouse Road – Turn right. Fort Mott is about two miles on your right,

    From East and Southern Shore Points
    17. Follow Route 49 through Millville, Bridgeton and Salem.
    18. About 4 miles north of Salem turn left on Lighthouse Road
    19. Bear left at Fork. Fort Mott is about a mile on your right.

    Staying Over? There are a number of motels at the southern terminus of the New jersey Turnpike and Route 295:

    Comfort Inn/Quality Inn,632 Pennsville-Auburn Road,
    Carney’s Point, NJ, 08069 856-299-4900
    Hampton Inn,429 N. Broadway, Pennsville,NJ, 08070 856-351-1700
    Holiday Inn Express, 506 Pennsville-Auburn Road,
    Carney’s Point, NJ, 08069 856-351-9222

    There is a campground off Route 295 in Clarksboro:

    Timberland Campground