Natural Resources and Destinations (inc. Pick Your Own Farms)
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
- 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