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| New Jersey Camping offers a wide variety of campgrounds, scenery and facilities, for the family with kids, or the more serious nature enthusiast who wants to get out and experience the wilderness.
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| New Jersey camping can be experienced at the Jersey shore close by beaches to the more rural campgrounds of western New Jersey with gentle rolling hills, and the Skylands in Northwest New Jersey where you can escape the crowds and experience the wilderness and more mountainous terrain. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The New Jersey State Park System also offers many excellent camping facilities, many of which are featured on this site. Please note that alcohol is prohibited on State Park Campgrounds. If you enjoy a beer or wine with your meal, check out Private New Jersey Campgrounds where most allow moderate alcohol consumption.
Whether it be a private campground or a state park, there are many craft activities, swimming pools, lake activities, hiking, fishing, and sports activities to choose from. Most of them are clean, modern and appealing to just about any type of New Jersey camping. Popular New Jersey Camp Sites (State Controlled)
Bass River State Forest is about 25 miles north of Atlantic City and six miles west of Tuckerton. Take the Garden State Parkway to exit 52 heading south and exit 50 heading north. Facilities & Activities: Snowmobiles
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With a wide variety of New Jersey camping facilities, and a choice of over 120 campgrounds and State Park parks to choose from, there is just about nothing you cannot do while you camp in New Jersey. $ 5.00 |
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$10.00 |
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Directions:
Take Route 2
06, four miles north of Branchville.
ponds, and the Flatbrook)
cartop launch
ice skating, cross- country skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing
Wharton
State Forest
Location: Atlantic, Burlington and Camden Counties
Mailing Address:
4110 Nesco Road
Hammonton, NJ 08037
Batsto Office: (609) 561-0024
Atsion Office: (609) 268-0444
Size: 114,793 acres
Fees: No entrance fee.
Directions:
Wharton State Forest has two offices - one at Batsto Village and one at Atsion Recreation Area. Batsto Village is located on Route 542, eight miles east of Hammonton. Atsion is on Route 206, eight miles north of Hammonton.
Facilities & Activities:
Cape May Point
State Park
Location: Cape May County
Mailing Address:
P O Box 107
Cape May Point, NJ 08212
(609) 884-2159
Size: 235 acres
Fees: No entrance fee.
Directions:
The park is located off the southern end of the Garden State Parkway. Cross over Cape May Bridge onto Lafayette Street, Cape May. At the intersection, bear right onto County Route 606 (Sunset Boulevard), then left onto Lighthouse Avenue. From Route 9, take County Route 626, Seashore Road and cross the bridge. Follow directions as above.
High Point State Park
Location: Sussex County
Mailing Address:
1480 Route 23
Sussex, NJ 07461
(973) 875-4800
Size: 15,413 acres
Fees: Entrance fees are only charged from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day.
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weekdays |
$10.00 |
weekends |
N/A |
walk-in/bicycle |
Directions:
Take Route 23 approximately 7 miles north of the town of Sussex, NJ, or 4 miles south of Port Jervis, NY.
Facilities & Activities:
( Sawmill Lake, Steenykill Lake) electric motors only, trailer launch, cartop launch
Washington Crossing
State Park
Location: Mercer and Hunterdon Counties
Mailing Address:
355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road
Titusville, NJ 08560-1517
(609) 737-0623
Size: 2,009 acres
Fees: Entrance fees are only charged from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day.N/A |
weekdays |
$ 5.00 |
weekends |
N/A |
walk-in/bicycle |
From Interstate 95, take Route 29 north. Follow the signs to the park.
Facilities & Activities:
cross-country skiing, snowshoeing
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area - Worthington State Forest Campground
Location:
Warren County,
Old Mine Road
Delaware Water Gap
Mailing Address:
Worthington State Forest, Old Mine Rd HC 62 Box 2, Columbia NJ 07832
(908) 841-9575
Open:
April 1 to December 31
Directions
On Old Mine Road on the New Jersey bank of the Delaware River, 3 1/2 miles north of NJ Exit 1 on Interstate 80
Facilities & Activities:
For information and a listing of top New Jersey Private campgrounds.
