New Jersey Parks and Recreation Areas

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 laboratories came the motion picture camera, vastly improved phonographs, sound recordings, silent and sound movies and the nickel-iron alkaline electric storage battery.

Phone: 973-736-0551   Price Range: $0 - $3   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: West Orange   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities:   Details Provided By: Edison National Historic Site

During two critical winters of the Revolutionary War, 1777 and 1779, the countryside in and around Morristown, New Jersey, sheltered the main encampments of the American Continental Army and served as the headquarters of its commander-in-chief, General George Washington.

Phone: (973) 539-2016   Price Range: $0 - $4   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Morristown   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Hiking, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Morristown National Historical Park

The Pinelands National Reserve includes portions of seven southern New Jersey counties, and encompasses over one-million acres of farms, forests and wetlands. It contains 56 communities, from hamlets to suburbs, with over 700,000 permanent residents. In 1978 it was established by Congress as the countrys first National Reserve.

Phone: (609) 894-7300   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: New Lisbon   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Backpacking, Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Cross Country Skiing, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Hunting and Shooting, Kayaking, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve

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 with the coastal area of the State of New Jersey. The Coastal Heritage Trail is divided into five regions linked by the common heritage of life on the Jersey Shore and Raritan and Delaware bays.

Phone: 856.447.0103   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: Newport   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Trail   Activities: Backpacking, Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Fishing, Hiking, Kayaking, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route