Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in New Jersey

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Facility Name Description Activities Cape May National Wildlife Refuge The Cape May National Wildlife Refuge is strategically located to conserve habitat for hundreds of thousands of migratory birds which pass through the area each year. As the New Jersey Coast and the  more... Hiking , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing Edison National Historic Site For more than forty years, the laboratory created by Thomas Alva Edison in West Orange, New Jersey, had enormous impact on the lives of millions of people worldwide. Out of the West Orange  more... Museum/Visitor Center Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Forsythe NWR, located 10 miles north of Atlantic City, is composed of two separate Divisions, Barnegat in the north and Brigantine in the south. The Brigantine and Barnegat Divisions were originally  more... Hunting Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1960 and lies 26 miles west of New York Cities Times Square and 7 miles south of Morristown, New Jersey in Morris County. This oasis of  more... Autotouring , Hiking , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, at Mullica River and Great Bay, is the only reserve in the national system to be named after an individual. It's also the only one in the  more... Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District The Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is one of Newark?s newest organizations, blending arts, cultural planning and event programming with community economic development. Incorporated in  more... Museum/Visitor Center Morristown National Historical Park During two critical winters of the Revolutionary War, 1777 and 1779?80, the countryside in and around Morristown, New Jersey, sheltered the main encampments of the American Continental Army and  more... Biking , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Winter Sports New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route The New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route was established in 1988 "to provide for public appreciation, education, understanding, and enjoyment" of significant natural and cultural sites associated  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Restaurants and SnackBar , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing New Jersey Historical Society Founded in 1845 and located in Newark since 1848, the New Jersey Historical Society (NJHS) is the oldest cultural institution in the state. Since its inception NJHS has collected, preserved, and  more... Museum/Visitor Center Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is located along the Delaware River estuary just north of the Salem River in Salem County, NJ. The Delaware Bay and estuary is recognized as a wetlands of  more... Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Hunting

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