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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.
With summer less than a month away — and sunny, warm weather luring New Jersey residents outside — there is no better time to visit some of the 27 state parks New Jersey has to offer.
Thompson Park is a public park located at 805 Newman Springs Road in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, New Jersey. The 677-acre (2.74 km 2) park is operated by the Monmouth County Park System. In 1968, at the bequest of Geraldine Morgan Thompson, 215 acres (0.87 km 2) of the Brookdale Farm were donated to the county to create the ...
Liberty State Park (LSP) is a park in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located on Upper New York Bay in Jersey City opposite Liberty Island and Ellis Island. The park opened in 1976 to coincide with bicentennial celebrations [1] and is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. Liberty State Park covers 1,212 acres ...
Van Saun County Park is a park in Paramus and River Edge, New Jersey operated by the Bergen County Parks Department. The park is home to the Bergen County Zoological Park, open all year round and charging admission from May to October. The zoo features a ridable miniature railroad known as the Safari Express.
The park is the home of numerous events in the summer known as the "Mercer County Summer Concert Series", hosting concerts through July and August. Mercer County Park follows up this time of year with different festivals as well as hosting events for the Special Olympics fall games.
Tatum Park is a public park located at 351 Red Hill Road in Middletown Township, New Jersey. The 366-acre (1.48 km 2) park is operated by the Monmouth County Park System. The park was formerly an estate, originally purchased by Charles Tatum in 1905, a New York-based glass manufacturer and entrepreneur (who had a factory in nearby Keyport).
Third largest freshwater lake in New Jersey. Swartswood State Park is a 3,460-acre (14.0 km 2) protected area located in Stillwater and Hampton townships, New Jersey.. Located at 502 feet (153 m) above mean sea level, the park is located along County Route 619 (East Shore Drive in Stillwater, Swartswood East Side Drive in Hampton) southeast of the hamlet of Swa