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Warren
County, New Jersey, offers a wide range of recreational opportunities
for all kinds of people. Outdoor lovers enjoy rigorous hikes, abundant
wildlife and superb scenery. For those who favor history, the river
valleys become avenues marked by 8,000 years of human endeavor from
the initial Lenni Lenape habitation, through the days of pre-Colonial
settlement, to the heady times of the Morris
Canal and the great railroads. Others come to savor classic architecture
and country hospitality in the small villages. All agree that Warren
County's rural nature is the key ingredient to its allure.
Flanked by the river valleys of the Delaware, Musconetcong,
and Paulinskill, and bisected by the Pequest, Warren County offers
a progression from rugged terrain to the north and west to the gentle
farmland of the east and south.
Parks and Public Open Spaces
Delware Water Gap
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
-
70,000-acre recreation center along the Delaware River. Includes
the
Appalachian Trail.
Kittatinny Point
Visitors Center, off Route 80, Knowlton Twp, 908/496-4458
- Jenny Jump State Forest
- Picnic area, playground, overlook/viewing points, fishing, boating,
hiking, mountain biking, nature trails, camping.
P.O. Box 150, State
Park Road, Hope, NJ 07844 908/459-4366
- Kittatinny Valley State Park
- Known mainly for the Paulinskll Valley Trail.
PO Box 621, Andover
07821-0621 973-786-6445
- Marble Hill Natural Resource Area
- Unimproved hiking trails, overlook/viewing points. River Road,
Lopatcong and Harmony Townships 908/475-6532
Eagle's nest at Merril Creek
- Merrill Creek Reservoir and Environmental
Preserve
- Visitors
center includes displays on reservoir operation, area history and
the mammals, birds and fish found in the area, and offers educational
programs.
116G Montana Road. Washington, NJ 07882 908/454-1213
- Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center
- Programs about the raising of trout and the importance of natural
resources, located within the 4,000-acre Pequest Wildlife Management
Area.
605 Pequest Road, Oxford, NJ 07863 908/637-4125 website
- Rockport Pheasant Farm
- NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife facility where pheasants are raised
for stocking on publicly accessible lands each year. Also features
pens of exotic fowl and white-tailed deer, a section of the historic Morris
Canal, and a scenic hiking loop.
Rockport Road (Route 629) Mansfield
Township, NJ 908/852-3461
Canal towpath
- Stephens and Allamuchy Mountain State Parks
- Allamuchy Natural Area, historic Waterloo Village and Saxton Falls,
with remnants of the Morris Canal
800
Willow Grove Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 908/852-3790
- West Oxford Mountain Natural Resource
Area
- Unimproved hiking trails, overlook/viewing points.
Academy Street,
Oxford 908/475-6532
- White Lake Natural Resource Area
- Unimproved hiking trails, car-top boat access, 386-acre tract includes
69-acre glacial lake and adjoins 276 acres owned by State of New
Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Stillwater Road, Hardwick Township,
908/475-6532
- Worthington State Forest
- Located in the Delaware Water Gap. Picnic area, playground, overlook/viewing
points, boating/boat launch, fishing, hiking,
camping.
Old Mine Road, Columbia, NJ 07832, 908/841-9575
- Yards Creek Station
- Visitor Center, picnic area, hiking trails and section of the Appalachian
Trail on 164 acres owned by a hydroelectric generating
plant. Open June -August, 8 am -8 pm; September -May 8, 8 am -5 pm
Walnut
Valley and Mt. Vernon Roads, Blairstown, NJ 07825 908/362-6163
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Warren County
Accommodations
- Alexander Adams Guest House
31A Aubel Rd, Blairstown, 908/459-4018 908/295-2887- Inn at Millrace Pond
319 Hope Johnsonburg Rd. (Rt. 519), Hope, 908/459-4884- Delaware River Family Campground
100 Route 46, Delaware, 908/475-4517- Triple Brook Family Camping Resort
RD 1, Box 58, Blairstown, 908/459-4079- Camp Taylor Campground
85 Mt. Pleasant Road, Columbia, 908/496-4333- Inn At Panther Valley
1627 County Route 517, Allamuchy, 908/852-6000- P.J.'s Drive-In
72 Route 46, Delaware (Knowlton Twp.), 908/475-4376
Attractions
- Centenary Performing Arts Guild
400 Jefferson St., Hackettstown, 908/979-0900- Warren Antiques Fair and Festival
908/459-4122- Lakota Wolf Preserve
89 Mt Pleasant Rd, Columbia, 1-877-SEEWOLF- Warren County Farmers Fairgrounds
Farmer s Fairgrounds, Harmony, 908-475-6505- Millbrook Village
908/537-2544- Jim and Mary Lee Museum
477 County Route 519, Stewartsville, 908/453-3252- Shippen Manor Museum
8 Belvidere Ave, Oxford, 908/453-4381- Gallery 23, Inc.
23 Main Street, Blairstown, 908/362-6865- The Buck Stop
85 Mt. Pleasant Road, Columbia, 908/496-4333 Outdoors
- Well-Sweep Herb Farm
205 Mt. Bethel Rd, Port Murray, 908/852-5390- Brook Hollow Farm
Frog Pond Rd., Hainesburg, 908/496-4577- Merrill Creek Recreation Area
Harmony, - Mohican Outdoor Center
50 Camp Rd, Blairstown, 908-362-5670- Karamac Trail
- Blair Creek Preserve
- Merrill Creek Rerservoir
116G Montana Rd, Washington, 908-454-3339 8831 454-1213- Jenny Jump State Forest
PO Box 150, Hope, 908/459-4366- Worthington State Forest
Old Mine Road, Columbia, 908/841-9575- Allamuchy Mountain Park
Hackettstown, 908/852-3790- Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center
605 Pequest Rd., Oxford, 908/637-4125- Stephens State Park
800 Willow Grove Rd, Hackettstown, 908/852-3790- Canoeing the Delaware River
- Camp Taylor Campground
85 Mt. Pleasant Road, Columbia, 908/496-4333- Delaware River Family Campground
100 Route 46, Delaware, 908/475-4517- Balloonatics and Aeronuts
Harmony, 1-877-4FUNFLY- Triple Brook Family Camping Resort
RD 1, Box 58, Blairstown, 908/459-4079- Adventure Sports
Route 209, Marshalls Creek, PA, 1-800-487-2628- Kayak East
PO Box 77, Columbia, 1-866-529-2532- Chamberlain Canoes, Rafts, Tubes
River Road, Minisink Hills, PA, 1-800-422-6631- Raccoon Ridge Raptor Watch
- Portland, PA, Eagle Nests
- Lakota Wolf Preserve
89 Mt Pleasant Rd, Columbia, 1-877-SEEWOLF- Rockport Pheasant Farm
Rockport Road (Rt. 629), Hackettstown, 908/852-3461 Points of Interest
- Warren County Community College
475 Route 57 West, Washington, 908/835-9222- Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center
93 Angen Rd, Washington, 908/689-6080- Hackettstown Regional Medical Center
651 Willow Grove St, Hackettstown, 908/852-5100- Ramsaysburg
Delaware, - Along the Old Mine Road
- Pequest Furnace
Buttzville, - Pequest River
- Musconetcong River
- Lower Musconetcong Valley
- Phillipsburg
- Blairstown
- Columbia
- Phillipsburg Urban Enterprise Zone
675 Corliss Ave, Phillipsburg, 908/454-5500 x323
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