Woman, 3 Kids Rescued From Hacklebarney State Park

CHESTER, NJ — A woman and three children had to be rescued after getting lost in Hacklebarney State Park over the weekend, a Morris County Parks Police spokesperson said.

The woman, a 43-year-old, and the children, who ranged in age from 5 to 13, were in the park on Nov. 10 when they lost their way and were unable to exit the park, police said. They had been in the park for about three hours.

A number of local agencies were needed to help find the hikers. Members of the Fairmount Fire Company in Long Valley used thermal imaging to help locate them in the woods.

Eventually, the group was found just over a mile into the park. The Long Valley First Aid Squad used ATVs to help bring them out, and the group was checked by waiting ambulances for hypothermia.

A spokesperson for the Parks Police said he believed everyone was uninjured. The New Jersey State Park Police did not return Patch's request for comment.

Officials did not say what the relationship between the woman and the three children was. Their names were also not released.