Welcome back to National Parks and other public lands with T!
Did you know that there are nine National Park Service Units in the state of New Jersey? How many have you visited? Take the poll below and we’ll discuss the results in a future post.
NJ NPS Units:
- Appalachian NST
- Delaware Water Gap NRA
- Gateway NRA
- Great Egg Harbor S&RR
- Middle Delaware NSR
- Morristown NHP
- Paterson Great Falls NHP
- Statue of Liberty NM
- Thomas Edison NHP
Thursday Poll»
I’d check Statue of Liberty, but when I click the link it brings up Ellis Island (have not been there).
Ellis is the part of SOL NM that exists in N.J., but a visit to SOL counts as a visit to the NPS unit, technically
I’ve lived in NJ for 60 years and have been exploring the sites since I was little, kayaking the Maurice and Egg Harbor Rivers, visiting the historic sites, and hiking in the northern mountains. We need to revisit Patterson since they had just been designated a site when we were there. The photo from the Ellis Island Hospital Complex reminded me of the wonderful tour we took through the buildings a couple years ago. It was an amazing experience.
Thanks! Yes, I took that photo on a recent tour of the hospital complex…just before everything shut down. Paterson has made some nice improvements since becoming a park and offers tours and other programs throughout the year…hopefully you can visit once they open up again
I have been to two, Paterson Great Falls & Delaware Water Gap.
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Zero
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I have visited zero, but that’s because I only moved to Maryland last year. I want to visit them! I figure they are closed right now?
All visitor centers and bathrooms closed for now. But Sandy Hook reopens this weekend for hiking, running, no beach going. Delaware water gap is open for hiking also, but again, no facilities and parking capped at 50% of capacity. So, not a good time to travel from out of state to visit. Hopefully things start to open in July
Sadly not many.
I’m ashamed to admit (even after living in New Jersey) only 1! Ellis Island. I’m going to blame not having a car but sure wish I would have been following your blog back when I lived in the US!
No car in New Jersey? Jersey City? Hoboken?