What is there to do at New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve?

Popular activities include Camping.

Which national parks are within a day's drive of New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve?

Within about a day's drive you can reach Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (41 min), Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site (54 min), Independence National Historical Park (55 min), Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site (56 min), Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial (56 min), Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River (1 h 10 min).

Tall pine trees surround a thin unpaved trail

NATIONAL RESERVE

New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve

This is truly a special place.

Photo: Farmartin / NPS

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About New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve

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. It includes portions of seven southern New Jersey counties, and encompasses over one-million acres of farms, forests and wetlands. It contains 56 communities, from hamlets to suburbs, with over 700,000 permanent residents.

New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve

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