Ocean County’s Department of Parks and Recreation has released its winter guide online, with information about a multitude of programs, events, outings and more. These include beginner astronomy lectures, presentations on black bears, bird walks and “owl prowls” at Cloverdale Farm County Park in Barnegat; talks on topics such as Pine Barrens creatures and roadside structures at Wells Mills County Park in Waretown; and a multitude of van tours, hikes and jaunts.

The jaunts, as the brochure explains, are “shorter and/or traverse-easier terrain than most of our hikes.