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Wharton State Forest is the largest state forest in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [1] It is the largest single tract of land in the state park system of New Jersey, encompassing approximately 122,880 acres (497.3 km 2) of the Pinelands northeast of Hammonton. Its protected acreage is divided between Burlington, Camden, and Atlantic counties.
The reserve contains Wharton State Forest, Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, Bass River State Forest, and Penn State Forest. [19] The Pinelands was designated a U.S. Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1983 and an International Biosphere Reserve in 1988. [20] Howard P. Boyd was instrumental in working to preserve the Pine Barrens and educate visitors.
Pinelands map. Pinelands National Reserve is a national reserve that encompasses much of the New Jersey Pine Barrens.The Pinelands is a unique location of historic villages and berry farms amid the vast oak-pine forests (pine barrens), extensive wetlands, and diverse species of plants and animals of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecoregion.
Everything you need to know about South Jersey's What to know about South Jersey's Wharton State Forest, site of the ABC6 helicopter crash.
The Batona Trail begins in Brendan T. Byrne State Forest (formerly Lebanon State Forest) at the ghost town of Ong's Hat and traverses Franklin Parker Preserve, Wharton State Forest and Bass River State Forest. [1] The trail was built in 1961 by the Batona Hiking Club, which began informally in 1928 when Philadelphians began meeting regularly to ...
The Tea Time Hill fire in Wharton State Forest, which started in Tabernacle, was about 60% contained. The fire was located around Apple Pie Hill and Batona Campground, according to officials.
As of 3 p.m. Friday, an uncontained wildfire in Wharton State Forest has burned 450 acres. Two structures are threatened, officials said.
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.