New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route

300-mile trail along the eastern and southern coast of New Jersey

The New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route extends along eastern and southern coast of New Jersey for nearly 300 miles (480 km).^[1] It travels along the Raritan Bay from Perth Amboy to Sandy Hook, along Jersey Shore at the Atlantic Ocean to Cape May, and along the Delaware Bay to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. The trail encompasses a variety of New Jersey state parks along with facilities under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service.

Regions

Raritan Bayshore Sandy Hook Region

Middlesex County

Cheesequake State Park
Perth Amboy Harbor Walk

Monmouth County

Allaire State Park
Belford Seafood CO-OP
Leonardo State Marina
Mount Mitchell Scenic Overlook
Twin Lights State Historic Site
Sandy Hook, Gateway National Recreation Area
Sea Bright–Monmouth Beach Seawall
Steamboat Dock Museum

Barnegat Bay Region

Ocean County

Barnegat Bay Decoy & Baymen's Museum
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park
Cattus Island Park
Double Trouble State Park
Eno's Pond County Park
Forked River State Marina
Great Bay Boulevard WMA
Island Beach State Park
Toms River Seaport Society Museum
U.S. Coast Guard Station, Barnegat Light

Absecon Region

Atlantic County

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Senator Frank S. Farley State Marina
U.S. Coast Guard Station, Atlantic City

Cape May County

Cape May Point State Park
Corson's Inlet State Park
Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge (The Nature Conservancy's William D. & Jane C. Blair Jr.)
The Wetlands Institute
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area
Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area

References

^ New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route Strategic Plan, National Park Service. Accessed January 31, 2024. "The New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route was established in 1988 (P.L. 100-515) to promote awareness, stewardship, and protection of natural and cultural resources along nearly 300 miles of New Jersey coastline."

External links

National Park Service site
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route map

Protected areas of New Jersey

Federal

National historical parks	Morristown Paterson Great Falls Thomas Edison
National monuments	Statue of Liberty
National recreation areas	Delaware Water Gap Gateway
Other protected areas	Pinelands National Reserve
National scenic trails	Appalachian Trail
National wild and scenic rivers	Delaware River Great Egg Harbor River Maurice River Musconetcong River
National wildlife refuges	Cape May Edwin B. Forsythe Great Swamp Supawna Meadows Wallkill River
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Jacques Cousteau

State

State parks	Allaire Allamuchy Mountain Barnegat Lighthouse Cape May Point Cheesequake Corson's Inlet Delaware and Raritan Canal Double Trouble Edison State Park Farny Fort Mott Hacklebarney High Point Hopatcong Island Beach Kittatinny Valley Liberty Long Pond Ironworks Monmouth Battlefield Parvin Pigeon Swamp Princeton Battlefield Rancocas Ringwood Stephens Swartswood Voorhees Washington Crossing Washington Rock Wawayanda
State forests	Abram S. Hewitt Bass River Belleplain Brendan T. Byrne Green Bank Jenny Jump Norvin Green Penn Ramapo Mountain Stokes Wharton Worthington
Recreation areas	Atsion Bull's Island Round Valley Spruce Run
Wildlife management areas	List of New Jersey wildlife management areas

County

Nature parks	Eagle Rock Reservation Garret Mountain Reservation Sourland Mountain Preserve South Mountain Reservation Watchung Reservation New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route

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