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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.
Swartswood State Park is a 3,460-acre (14.0 km 2) protected area located in the Swartswood section of Stillwater and Hampton townships in Sussex County, New Jersey, in the United States. Established in 1915 by the state's Forest Park Reservation Commission, it was the first state park established by the state of New Jersey for the purposes of ...
In the state of New Jersey, the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry is an administrative division of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.In its most visible role, the Division is directly responsible for the management and operation of New Jersey's public park system which includes 42 state parks, 11 state forests, 3 recreation areas, and more than 50 historic sites and ...
Liberty State Park is the most visited of all New Jersey state parks, state forests, and historic sites. Visitors enjoy a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline, as well as closeup views of the ...
An easy-to-moderate multi-use trail spanning 1.3 miles (2.1 km) looping around the group camping sites. [10] All trail classifications and distances are made by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, which oversees the State Parks. Note: Bicycles are not permitted on trails within the developed part of the park.
Cape May Point State Park is a 244 acres (0.99 km 2) state park located in Lower Township, New Jersey, [2] with a Cape May Point postal address. [3] The park offers walking, hiking and nature trails as well as beaches, an exhibit gallery, a ranger office and is the site of the Cape May Light. [4]
Parvin State Park is in Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey, [1] 5 miles west of Vineland, in an agricultural area. [2] The largest lake in the park is Parvin Lake, which occupies much of the eastern corner of the park and into which flows a stream, the Muddy Run ; there is a smaller lake, Thundergust Lake, to the south of Parvin Lake.
Stephens State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is 805 acres (3.26 km 2) in area, located in western Morris County, north of Hackettstown along the upper Musconetcong River. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.