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New Jersey Camping

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.
  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.

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.

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.

This site is intended to provide you with information on New Jersey camping. No matter what type of camping you choose, tenting, RVing or cabin rentals, New Jersey camping has something for you.

Popular New Jersey Camp Sites (State Controlled)

Bass River
State Forest

Location: Burlington and Ocean Counties
762 Stage Road

Mailing Address:
762 Stage Rd
Tuckerton, NJ 08087
(609) 296-1114

Size: 26,764 acres

Fees: Entrance fees are only charged from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day.

$ 5.00

weekdays

$10.00

weekends

$ 2.00

walk-in/bicycle

Directions:
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:
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Hunting
  • Picnicking
  • Boating/canoeing
  • Swimming
  • Hiking(trails from 1 to 3 miles long)
  • Horseback riding
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Snowmobiles

  • Hacklebarney
    State Park

    Location: Chester
    Mailing Address:
    c/o Voorhees State Park
    119 Hacklebarney Rd
    Long Valley, NJ 07853-9525
    (908) 638-6969

    Size: 977 acres

    Fees: No entrance fee.

    Directions:
    Route 206 to Chester. Follow Route 24/513 west for one mile to State Park Road for two miles. Turn right onto Hacklebarney Road and travel 1/2 mile. The entrance is on the left.

    Facilities & Activities:

  • Camping
  • Hiking Trails, sometimes rocky, along Black River
  • Fishing
  • Black River Gorge
    (trout-stocked river)
  • Hunting
  • Picnic tables
  • Playground
  • Related Links

  • Stokes State Forest

    Location: Sussex County

    Mailing Address:
    1 Coursen Road
    Branchville, NJ 07826
    (973) 948-3820

    Size: 15,996 acres

    Fees: Entrance fees are only charged from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day.

    $ 5.00

    weekdays

    $10.00

    weekends

    N/A

    walk-in/bicycle

    Directions:
    Take Route 2
    06, four miles north of Branchville.

    Facilities & Activities:
  • Camping
  • Sunrise Mountain scenic overlook
  • Tillman Ravine Natural Area
  • Fishing (lakes,
    ponds, and the Flatbrook)
  • Hunting
  • Picnicking
  • Boating/canoeing:
    cartop launch
  • Swimming: ( Stony Lake), bathhouse
  • Winter sports:
    ice skating, cross- country skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing
  • Hiking
  • Horseback riding
  • Mountain biking

  • 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:

  • Camping
  • Visitors center, exhibit gallery, museum shop, interpretive center
  • Batsto Village
  • Carranza Memorial
  • Hiking Trails
  • Fishing
  • Hunting
  • Picnic tables, group picnic facilities, food concession
  • laygrounds
  • Boating/Canoeing
  • Swimming: ( Atsion Lake), bathhouse
  • Cross-country skiing
  • 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.

    Facilities & Activities:
  • Camping
  • Cape May Lighthouse
  • Interpretive Center/Visitors Center
  • Hiking and Nature trails
  • Surf Fishing
  • Picnicking: tables & shelters
  • Birding: Guided bird walks (late spring into early fall)
  • Museum
  • WWII Bunker
  • Nature study
  • Hawk Banding Demonstration
  • Children's nature clubs/programs (summer)
  • Guided nature walks (late spring into fall)

  • 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.

    $ 5.00

    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:

  • Camping
  • Visitors center
  • High Point Monument
  • Lake Marcia
  • Hiking Trails
  • Fishing
  • Picnicking: picnic tables, picnic shelters, group picnic facilities, group picnic shelters, food concessions, playground
  • Boating/canoeing:
    ( Sawmill Lake, Steenykill Lake) electric motors only, trailer launch, cartop launch
  • Swimming: ( Lake Marcia), bathhouse
  • Hiking Trails
  • Self-guided nature trail
  • Horseback riding

    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

    Directions:
    From Interstate 95, take Route 29 north. Follow the signs to the park.

    Facilities & Activities:

  • Museum / Visitor Center
  • Open Air Theatre
  • Swan Historical Foundation: Collection of the American Revolution
  • Johnson Ferry House
  • Interpretive center
  • Natural Area
  • Hiking Trails
  • Fishing
  • Picnic tables, picnic shelters, group picnic facilities, group picnic shelters
  • Playground
  • Winter sports:
    cross-country skiing, snowshoeing
  • Horseback riding
  • Mountain biking

    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:

  • Some of the most rugged terrain and splendid views of northern New Jersey are found here.
  • Camping - 69 tent and trailer sites with picnic tables and fire rings. Open April 1 through December 31. Campsites 1-77 have modern toilets and showers.
  • Hiking Trails - Spur trails lead directly up Kittatinny Ridge to the Appalachian Trail. Weekend ranger programs are given in summer
  • Boating/canoeing .fishing: electric motors, gas motors, trailer launch, car top launch
  • Hunting - deer, turkey and small game
  • Picnic tables

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