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Rancocas State Park is a 1,252 acres (5.07 km 2) protected area designated as a state park located in Hainesport Township and Westampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey in the United States. Established in 1965, it is overseen and operated by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry .
New Jersey's state park system includes properties as small as the 32-acre (0.13 km 2) Barnegat Lighthouse State Park and as large as the 115,000-acre (470 km 2) Wharton State Forest. The state park system comprises 430,928 acres (1,743.90 km 2 )—roughly 7.7% of New Jersey's land area—and serves over 17.8 million annual visitors.
Rancocas is an unincorporated community located within Westampton Township in Burlington County, New Jersey. [2] The name derives from the Native American [ clarification needed ] word Rankokous , which was used in the name of the Powhatan Lenape Nation Indian Reservation located in Westampton Township.
South Jersey has some great hiking trails, including Black Run Preserve, Maurice River Bluffs Preserve, Historic Smithville Park, Cape May Point State Park, Batsto Lake Trail, Rancocas State Park ...
A portion of Rancocas State Park is located in Hainesport Township. There are hiking/biking trails, equestrian trails, and canoe and fishing access to the Rancocas Creek. This part of Rancocas State Park is jointly managed by Burlington County Parks and the State Department of Parks and Forestry. [40]
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Rancocas Nature Center: Mount Holly: Burlington: Delaware River Region: website, situated on a 210-acre piece of Rancocas State Park, features 3 miles of hiking trails Reeves-Reed Arboretum: Summit: Union: Gateway Region: 13.5 acres, arboretum and gardens, nature education programs Ridgefield Nature Center: Ridgefield: Bergen: Gateway Region