Parks and Recreational Areas

• Plainsboro parks
• Plainsboro Preserve
• West Windsor parks
• Princeton area parks
• Lawrence Hopewell Trail
• Mercer County Park Commission
• Middlesex County Parks and Recreation
• Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
• Paterson Great Falls
• Liberty State Park
• NJ Tourism’s “Beaches in NJ” guide
• NJ State Parks and Forests
• NJ State Parks, NJ Outdoors Campground Reservations
• NJ State Parks – with links to all other state parks in the US
• NJ Scenic Byways
• Pocono Mountains

Resources

• New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (Rutgers Cooperative Extension)
• Princeton-Mercer Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Central Jersey Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Discover Central New Jersey
• VisitNJ.org – Official Tourism Website of NJ
  • VisitNJ.org’s “Things To Do in NJ” listings
  • Itineraries:  American Revolution, Black Heritage, Beer, Wine & Spirits, Scenic Byways, Anthony Bourdain Food Trail
• NJFamily.com’s “Things To Do” listings
• Funnewjersey.com
• NewJerseyIsntBoring.com
• Some beach cams:  NJbeachcams.com, TheSurfersview.com, Livebeaches.com
• Some snow reports: Onthesnow.com, Poconomountains.com, Skipa.com, Iskiny.com
• Some bird cams:  Bird Webcam Collection (worldwide, includes NJ bird cams)

Hiking and Biking Trails

• Plainsboro Township bikeways map
• West Windsor Biking and Pedestrian Alliance
• Princeton Online’s “Hiking and Biking in Princeton” guide
• NJ State Dept. of Transportation’s “Biking in New Jersey” guide
• Lawrence Hopewell Trail map
• KMM Interactive Map
• TrailLink’s New Jersey Trails and Maps
• New Jersey Trails Association
• NJbikemap.pdf
• For additional information on bicycling, see our Local Resources – Transportation page

Gardens and Arboretums

• Herrontown Woods Arboretum, Princeton
• Duke Farms, Hillsborough
• Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton
• Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morristown
• Rutgers Gardens, New Brunswick
• Sayen House and Gardens, Hamilton
• The Watershed Institute (formerly Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed), Pennington
• New Jersey Botanical Garden, Ringwood
• Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, PA
• Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA
• Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA

Pick Your Own Farms/Farmers’ Markets

• NJ Dept. Of Agriculture’s “Jersey Fresh” list, for locally grown fruits and vegetables
• NJ Dept. of Agriculture’s “Jersey Grown” list, for locally grown plants, trees, shrubs, and flowers
• PickYourOwn.Org’s list
• West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market
• Princeton Farmers’ Market
• Trenton Farmers’ Market
• Edible Jersey –  Farmers’ Market Guide – NJ statewide guide by county of community farmers’ markets

Walking Tours

• Princeton-Mercer Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau – Princeton Walking Tour Map
• Historical Society of Princeton – Walking Tours
• Princeton Tour Company – paid tour services
• Trenton Historical Society – Trenton Tours
• City of New Brunswick – Historic Downtown Walking Tour brochure
• Greater Newark Convention and Visitors Bureau – Tours and Itineraries
• Bordentown Historical Society – Self-Guided Walking Tour
• Burlington Tours – paid tour service for historic city of Burlington
• Central Jersey Convention and Visitors Bureau – Historic Sites and Tours
• Washington Crossing Park Association (NJ side) – Self-Guided Tours
• Washington Crossing Historic Park (PA side) – park map