New Jersey Parks, Information on outdoor parks and activities


New Jersey Parks
A visit to New Jersey Parks is a diverse outdoor journey with hundreds of thousands of acres of state and national parks, forests and recreation areas that offer visitors a vast variety of outdoor activities.
	New Jersey parks offer many diverse public settings to experience the the outdoors with it's a variety of landscapes including; hiking trails, lakes, mountain climbing, biking, wildlife and camping facilities, and a variety of other less adventuresome experiences that include museums, historic sites, and educational journeys.
There are plenty of things to see and do in New Jersey parks with 42 publicly maintained parks, 11 forests and 3 recreation areas. And with more than 50 historic sites and districts, New Jersey's past is rich with stories to tell. This is evident in the historic homes, landscapes and battlefields where Washington and the Continental Army spent almost half of the American Revolutionary War.
Parks	Historic Sites
New Jersey State Parks High Point State Park High Point State Park was dedicated in 1923 as the first State Park in New Jersey. With 14,218 acres of woodland on Kittatinny Mountain, it includes the state's first Natural Area, the Dryden Kuser Natural Area, the highest elevation cedar swamp of its kind in the world. Jenny Jump State Forest Panoramic vistas of the Highlands and the Kittatinny Mountains and Valley to the west, and scenic views of the Great Meadows in the east dramatically greet the visitor who climbs the narrow path leading to the top of Jenny Jump Mountain. Ringwood State Park Original land and buildings of the once flourishing iron industry developed in 1740 by the Ringwood Company. New Jersey National Parks Edwin B. Forsythe National The Refuge Protects more than 40,000 acres of southern New Jersey Coastal Habitats and tidal wetlands. Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area Offers visitors a blend of historical sites, ocean and bay beaches, swimming, hiking, birding, a spectacular holly forest, natural areas and other recreation activities. Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge consists of 7,600 acres of varied habitats and over the years, the refuge has become a resting and feeding area for more than 244 species of birds. Fox, deer, muskrat, turtles, fish, frogs and a wide variety of wildflowers and plants New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve over one-million acres of farms, forests and wetlands. It contains 56 communities, from hamlets to suburbs, with over 700,000 permanent residents.	Hunterdon Historical Museum – The location of the “Old Red Mill” Millbrook Village – Restored village in the Delaware River Valley Waterloo Village – Restored 18th-19th village, recreated Lenape Indian Village Allaire Village – Restored 19th century village in Monmouth County Batsto Village - Visitors can learn the key role that Batsto played in the industrial development of the United States over two centuries ago. Wheaton Village - Demonstrations of glass blowing, pottery, woodcarving, tin and other historic attractions. Historic Bridgeton - New Jersey's largest historic district. Other Parks Duke Farms Is a 2,700-acre estate in Hillsborough, New Jersey that is maintained as a model of environmental stewardship and showcases its natural, horticultural, and historic resources to inspire visitors to become informed stewards of the land.

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