Outdoor Club of South Jersey

Established in 1967 the Outdoor Club of South Jersey is a not for profit organization dedicated to promoting hiking, bicycling, kayaking/canoeing, cross-country skiing, backpacking, camping and trail maintenance for fun, fitness, and friendship.

We are a dues-paying organization that welcomes new members of all ages and abilities to join at any time of the year. Membership funds pay for insurance and other Club overhead.

Activities are all found on the respective OCSJ Meetup sites and are led by volunteer members of the club. Only paid members can join the Meetup sites.

Go to the club membership page to find out how to join us and participate in all of the fun.

The fastest way is to pay electronically. Payments by check won’t be approved until the check is recorded. Payment by check could be delayed, especially now, with the postal slowdowns.

Participation Policy

OCSJ is a member organization that requires dues. Membership funds pay for insurance and other Club overhead.

Members of OCSJ may bring, with leaders’ approval, a guest once on 1 of every type of activity. This includes day trips charging money.

Participants on trips which charge money must be members of OCSJ or 1 time guest of a paid member, except where the trip is a joint trip with another club, which has liability insurance, and the participant is a member of that club.

Welcome Cross -Country Skiing to Kayak Meetup

You will notice some changes to the OCSJ Canoe Meetup site. The most obvious is the title change.

Outdoor Club of South Jersey Kayaking /Cross Country SkiinG

We will now host paddling and Cross-Country Skiing.
Country Skiing had previously been included with Cycling Meetup.
It seemed that the new grouping was more logical since there would be less overlap of the activities.
The new title also acknowledges that Kayaks are used by more paddlers.
The change for paddlers will mean a few ski trips will be listed.
For skiers that don’t bike, it will mean fewer E-mail notices.

For current paddlers - no action is required.

For skiers it may require joining our meetup group.