New Jersey State Parks
New Jersey State Parks, Forests & Historic Sites, run by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Parks & Forestry – State Park Service, has 32 state parks, 5 recreation areas, 21 historic sites, 1 natural area or preserve, 11 state forests in this directory. 19 units offer camping and 0 allow dogs under park rules.
Current alerts 2 parks
Fees, passes and reservations
Entrance fees and passes
No statewide pass information was found on the official site.
Reservations
Browse New Jersey parks by activity
Camping 19Cabins and lodging 10Swimming 12Fishing 14Boating and paddling 26Hiking 40Historic sites 51Beaches 12Horseback riding 26
All 70 parks and units
Listed by designation. Fees shown are the main entrance fee where the park posts one.
State parks (32)
Recreation areas (5)
Historic sites (21)
Natural areas and preserves (1)
State forests (11)
Recently updated
- Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park — changed Oct 29, 2026
Coverage notes
Inventory source: NJDEP Open Space (State Owned) Facility layer, filtered to LAND_MANAGER 'State Parks, Forests and Historic Sites' with a FACILITY_URL park page. We re-check it weekly and keep renamed, merged and closed parks traceable.
Not included: Leonardo, Senator Frank S. Farley, Forked River and Fortescue State Marinas (Marinas (standalone boating facilities).); Centerton, Cream Ridge and Spring Meadow Golf Courses (Golf courses (facilities).); McKeetown and Mizpah Fire Towers; field office, nursery, aviation facilities, cemeteries, easements (Administrative/facility records, not visitor destinations.); 40 State Natural Areas (e.g. Island Beach Natural Area, Batsto Natural Area) (Managed by the Office of Natural Lands Management; mostly sub-areas of parks/forests and presented on a program page, not as park units.); ~110 'Preserve' parcels (except Tall Pines State Preserve, which has its own park page) (Preserved parcels without a park page.); Paulinskill Valley Trail, Sussex Branch Trail, Warren Trail (Trails presented on their parent park's page (Kittatinny Valley SP / Spruce Run RA).); Records with no official park page: Capital (not in layer), Cranberry Lake, Great Sound, Greenwood Lake, Hawk Island, Mount Laurel, Paterson Great Falls, Pyramid Mountain, Raritan River Confluence, Troy Meadows State Parks; Buck Mountain; Osmun Forest; Lusscroft Farm; Hopewell Park; Joyce Kilmer House, New Bridge Landing and Veterans of All Wars Memorial Historic Sites; Appalachian Trail; Jersey Greenway (Revisit if dep.nj.gov becomes reachable.); Palisades Interstate Park (NJ Section) (managed outside the state park system or not a visitor destination).
Statewide information last reviewed Oct 29, 2026.