11 parks in New Jersey
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National Scenic Trail
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Connecticut, Georgia, Maine +11
The Appalachian Trail is a 2,190+ mile long public footpath that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands of the Appalachian Mount…
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National Recreation Area
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Situated within the most densely populated region of the United States, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area provides a unique opportunity to experience tranq…
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Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
New Jersey, New York
Millions of Americans and people around the world have ancestors who came through Ellis Island. The Main Immigration Building was the epicenter of one of the greates…
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National Recreation Area
Gateway National Recreation Area
New Jersey, New York
Spanning 27,000 acres from Sandy Hook in New Jersey to Breezy Point in New York City, the park is both the gateway from the ocean into New York Harbor, and the gatew…
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National Park Service site
Great Egg Harbor River
New Jersey
Both the harbor and river were named for the shorebird and waterfowl eggs covering their meadows. During the American Revolution, privateers hid here. Established as…
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National Wild and Scenic River
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
New Jersey, Pennsylvania
The Delaware River, the largest free-flowing river in the eastern United States, runs past forests, farmlands and villages. It also links some of the most densely po…
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National Historical Park
Morristown National Historical Park
New Jersey
Morristown National Historical Park commemorates the sites of General Washington and the Continental Army’s winter encampment from December 1779 to June 1780, where…
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National Reserve
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
New Jersey
This is truly a special place. It's classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and in 1978 was established by Congress as the country’s first National Reserve.…
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National Historical Park
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
New Jersey
Silk cloth and steam locomotives; textiles and continuous paper rolls; firearms and aircraft engines. What do these things have in common? All were manufactured in t…
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National Historical Park
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
New Jersey
Today, the brick buildings on Main Street in West Orange, NJ seem quiet, betraying little evidence of the research, development, and innovation of their heyday. Visi…
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National Historic Trail
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia +7
This 680-mile-long trail follows the paths taken by George Washington's Continental Army and Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau's Expédition Particulière during their 1781…
