The Best Weekend Getaways
in New Jersey

The Best Weekend Getaways In New Jersey

Places to Stay
The Albert Stevens Inn
127 Myrtle Avenue
Cape May, NJ 08204
(609) 884-4717
Located within walking distance of the Cape May Point Lighthouse and the Cape May Bird Observatory.

The Bedford Inn
805 Stockton Ave.
Cape May, NJ 08204
(609) 884-4158
A Victorian home with gingerbread trim, a block from the beach, has a large old-fashioned veranda with rocking chairs, and a Victorian parlor with a fireplace.

Queen Victoria B & B
102 Ocean Street
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-884-8702
Thirty-two inviting and romantic rooms and suites with private bath are decorated with period antiques in the Victorian style and tradition of an historic Cape May bed and breakfast. Inn includes a full breakfast and an afternoon tea with sweets and savory in the British fashion.

Hunterdon County is a special scenic destination with rolling farmlands, historic sites, and charming towns and is a another popular choice as one of the best weekend getaways. Featured here are the towns of Clinton, Frenchtown, Lambertville, and Sergeantsville. All are small charming towns with surrounding rural scenic beauty that easily be seen in a weekend.

Clinton nestled in the hills, is a classic American small town that has attracted photographers, movie makers, and visitors here for its scenic and historic beauty. It’s a charming historic village with shops and cherry tree lined streets, a river with a 200 foot wide waterfall winding through it, and lined with old grist mills. It's certainly a popular favorite as one of the best weekend getaways in NJ

Things to do
Hunterdon Museum of Art - A contemporary art museum located in an 1836 stone gristmill listed on the National and State Historic Registers. 908-735-8415
Red Mill Museum Village - The most photographed spot in New Jersey, is situated on 10 scenic acres next to Clinton's waterfall. The museum is just steps across the antique iron bridge with over 40,000 artifacts and chronicles more than 180 years of Hunterdon County history. 908-735-4101
Clinton Canoe & Kayak Rental – 908-735-6767
Ken Lockwood Gorge, Califon - From Califon down to High Bridge, the Raritan River cuts through a beautiful scenic gorge straddled with huge boulders.

Places to Stay
Riverside Victorian Bed & Breakfast
66 Leigh St.
Clinton, NJ 08809
(908)238-0400
Listed in the Historic Registry, The Riverside Victorian is located in the heart of Clinton. Just one block from the center of this quaint, historic town, you can visit the old mill, museum and many specialty shops. Fine dining or casual dining is just a short walk from the inn.

Frenchtown is an undiscovered secret that is attracting visitors with its many three story multi-colored Victorian homes, art galleries, antique shops, clothing boutiques, and restaurants, all surrounded by rural scenic rolling hills, a river and historic sites, is another great selection as one of the best weekend getaways.

Things to Do
If you chose to make Frenchtown your overnight base for exploring Hunterdon County, rent a bike at Freeman’s bike shop and ride south along the D & R Canal towpath, stopping in at Stockton, then continue on to Lambertville. Return to Frenchtown by way of Route 29. Check out Alexandria Balloon Flights - 908-479-4878. View Frenchtown’s romantic sunsets from a hot air balloon. See fantastic views of the river, the riverbanks, and the rolling hills. If its summer, rent an inner tube at Delaware Tubing, 908-996-5386, for a leisurely float along the Delaware River. Check out the Sand Castle Winery for tasting and tours

Places to Stay
National Hotel
31 Race Street
Frenchtown, NJ, 08825
(908) 996-4500
A boutique hotel with guest rooms featuring a whirlpool tub,With dark wood beams, and beds draped in mosquito netting

The Widow McCrea House
53 Kingwood Avenue
Flemington, NJ 08825
Phone: 908-996-4999
A Victorian inn with antique guest rooms and a candlelit gourmet breakfast.

Lambertville is Hunterdon County’s only city and is popular with visitors attracted to its quaint town with tree lined streets, Victorian homes, antique shops, clothing boutiques, art galleries, and restaurants. Its five block downtown area along the Delaware River attracts window shoppers and browsers.

Things to do
If you chose to make Lambertville your overnight base for exploring Hunterdon County, and you have your own bike, head North to Frenchtown on Route 29, and return south along the D & R Canal towpath, stopping in at Stockton.
Lambertville Historical Society – The Marshall House with 1834 furnishings, a Shad history display, and quilts.
Magic Glass Studio - Create your very own one of a kind glass piece at their unique studio.
The Museum At Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead – where you can see old farming equipment, a country kitchen, a rural post office, Dr. Leaver's doctor/dentist office, a blacksmith shop, a print shop, a carpentry shop, and a period herb garden. The River Horse Brewery – is the area's only micro brewery producing handcrafted lagers and ales. Take a walking tour of the kegging and bottling operation and sample products in the tasting room.

Sergeantsville is a small village that resembles Pennsylvania’s Amish Country with its rolling hills, open farmland, and the State’s last pre-20th century covered bridge, and an old fashioned general store.

Things to Do
Drive through the last pre-20th century covered bridge in New Jersey, and stop by to visit an old fashioned general store.

Here you can experience New England scenic beauty without leaving New Jersey.

The Northern Skylands Region is rich with mountainous terrain, riverfront towns, state parks, farmlands, wildlife, bed and breakfasts, and plenty of recreational opportunities. This is an area that has some of New Jersey’s best cycling, fishing, tubing, canoeing, and camping. This is another popular choice as one of the best weekend getaways.

The Upper Highlands Region of the Skylands, from the east at Ringwood State Park, west to Vernon Valley, and south to the glacial lakes remnants of the former Morris canal, and North to the New York State border, it attracts more annual visitors than Yellowstone National Park. It is a beautiful scenic panorama of forests, sheer cliffs, and a scattering of open areas of lakes and streams. This area is popular for down hill skiing, snow boarding, camping, trout fishing, hiking, and golf.

The Ridge and Valley region of the Skylands covers the extreme Northwest corner of the State and the Kittatinny Mountains. The region is very popular with outdoor enthusiasts. It has the highest point in New Jersey at 1,803 feet and attracts active visitors seeking camping, hiking, skydiving, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and fly fishing.

Things to do
High Point State Park
The view from High Point Monument, at 1,803 feet above sea level, is a spectacular panorama covering three states of rolling farmlands, mountains, forests, rivers and streams. The park also contains an 18 mile section of the Appalachian Trail. It’s an all season park for attracting visitors for mountain biking, horseback riding, hiking, swimming, fishing, cross country skiing, ice fishing, dog sledding, and snowshoeing.

Stokes State Forest
Is 15,996 acres of scenic mountain views and a beautiful section of the Appalachian Trail. The rugged terrain makes the forest a popular area for mountain biking, hiking, fishing, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, horse back riding, swimming, and camping.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Borders over 40 miles of the Delaware River and almost 70,000 acres expanse of scenic beauty, breath taking cliffs, and a 1,400 foot deep, 900 foot wide gap that separates New Jersey’s 1,528 foot Mt. Tammany and Pennsylvania’s 1,462 foot Mt. Minsky. It’s a popular place for back packing, hiking, biking, canoeing, camping, cross country skiing, picnicking, horseback riding, and fishing. For the less active, take a one-day auto tour of the park and experience waterfalls, rural scenery, and historic Millbrook Village.

Skylands Manor and New Jersey Botanical Garden at Ringwood.
Spend a couple of hours wandering through the 96 acre gardens with over 400 varieties of lilac. Take a stroll though the woodland paths of magnolia walk, and crab apple vista, with a visit to the elegant Tudor-style manor house.

Franklin Mineral Museum at The Franklin mine is a zinc mine known for its unique display of mineral fluorescence, (glowing rocks) and variety of rare species. They have thousands of mineral specimens on display with a huge fluorescent presentation of brilliant and glowing colorful minerals.

Westfall Winery, Montague
They give tours of the vineyards and winery. Harvest begins in  early September.

Places to Stay
Alexander Adams Homestead
31 A Auble Road
Blairstown, NJ
908-459-4018
Offers private suites on six acres of rustic countryside. This is and ideal Bed and Breakfast for a weekend or romantic getaway. The private 2 story stone, circa 1730 cottage is especially romantic and includes breakfast delivered to your cottage each morning.

Alpine Haus Bed and Breakfast Inn
217 Route 94
Vernon, NJ 07462
877-527-6854
Located next to Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, this 19th Century Victorian Inn has eight well-appointed, cozy rooms all with private baths. There are two Carriage House suites with fireplace and Jacuzzi

Crystal Springs Resort
Route 94
Vernon, NJ 07462
973-827-5996
The new Minerals Hotel features 175 rooms from luxury to the Presidential suite, all with attractive mountain, pool or golf course views. Many of the rooms have cozy fireplaces. It also offers the regions best fine dining restaurant.

The Wooden Duck
140 Goodale Road
Newton, NJ 07860
973-300-0395
Situated on 10 acres of open fields and woodlands, this charming mini-estate with picturesque surroundings and wildlife is an ideal setting for guests to relax. There are Nine guest rooms with six of the guest rooms located in the Estate House, and three in the Horseless Carriage House. Two of the spacious deluxe rooms in the Estate House have a two-person soaking tub, a fireplace, and a private balcony.

We hope that the listing of the best weekend getaways in New Jersey was helpful and we appreciate any comments you may have on this listing of scenic getaways or others places you have visited that may be worthy of adding to our list of the best weekend getaways in New Jersey. 

Historic Restaurants - New Jersey has many historic restaurants that date back as early as 1706 with connections to the revolutionary war and other historic events.