How big, acreage wise is the Pine Barrens roughly? I went to trade school with a guy from NJ who was always talking about it like it’s some uncharted wilderness. My map shows the whole damn state of NJ being slightly larger than the county I live in, which sorta scratches the vast wilderness theory unless there’s some hellacious terrain I didn’t notice last time I passed by.
It said 1 million acres. Which sounds huge, but is roughly the same as 40 miles by 40 miles (1600 sq miles). It's large.. but if you've been out west, it's not that impressive. Could definitely get lost in 1600 square miles if you get turned around on an overcast day and head in deeper.
