Home of the Famous “Taylor Ham” Pork Roll.
Nearby Attractions
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Six Flags Great Adventure Theme Park and Drive Thru Safari
Jackson Outlet Mall
Atlantic Ocean Beaches with ocean Front Amusement Piers
Englishtown Flea Market
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park( English Town )
Wall Stadium Raceway
New Egypt Raceway
Blue Claw Baseball Stadium
Ocean County Park (former estate of John D. Rockefeller)
3 Nearby Golf Courses
Allaire State Park (deserted village)
Butterfly Bogs State Refuge (adjacent to campground)
Barnegat Lighthouse
Lake Carasaljo Beach
Freehold Raceway & Park
Joint Base Mcguire Dix Lakehurst
Jenkinson's Aquarium
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Other Tourist Attractions
Delaware River Tubing, Inc. | DelawareRiverTubing.com | 908-996-5386
778 Frenchtown Road, Milford, New Jersey 08848
"Spend a day floating down the Delaware River in a tube, raft, canoe, or kayak. A FREE BBQ meal is included with each rental halfway on the trip at "The Famous River Hot Dog Man." Enjoy your lunch next to a beautiful private island with picnic tables in the water. This is a great way to 'Spend a day, not a fortune'."
WWW.DELAWARERIVERTUBING.COM.
Ellis Island: Immigration gateway in the first half of the 20th century
Located between New Jersey and New York
Kingda Ka: Roller coaster in Jackson, New Jersey
PNC Bank Arts Center: Theater in Holmdel, New Jersey
George Washington Bridge: Suspension bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey
Liberty Science Center: Science museum in Jersey City, New Jersey
Adventure Aquarium: Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey
Turtle Back Zoo: Zoo in West Orange, New Jersey
Grounds for Sculpture: Sculpture garden in Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Liberty State Park: State park in Jersey City, New Jersey
Storybook Land: Amusement park in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
Cape May Zoo: Zoo in Cape May Court House, New Jersey
Tear Drop Memorial: Sculpture to commemorate the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, located in Bayonne, New Jersey
Atlantic City Boardwalk: Entertainment section along the shoreline in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Long Beach Island: Island off the eastern coast of New Jersey
The Mills at Jersey Gardens: Outlet mall in Elizabeth, New Jersey
New Jersey Fun Facts
State Animal - Horse
State Bird - Eastern Goldfinch
State Bug - Honeybee
State Dance - Square Dance
State Dinosaur - Hadrosaurus Foulkii
State Fish - Brook Trout
State Flower - Purple Violet
State Fruit - Blueberry
State Motto - Liberty and Prosperity
State Nickname - Garden State
State Shell - Knobbed Whelk
State Ship - The A. J. Meerwald
State Tree - Red Oak
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New Jersey was named after the Isle of Jersey, an island in the English Channel.
The first officially recorded, organized baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 19, 1846.
New Jersey is one of only two states where self-service filling of gasoline is prohibited. The other is Oregon.
The properties in the United States version of the board game Monopoly are named after the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey
New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is often referred to as the
“Diner Capital of the World”
The Union Water sphere, also known as the Union Water Tower, is the tallest water tower in the world. It is located in Union, New Jersey
The world's largest statue of a tooth (15 feet tall) is located in Trenton, New Jersey
Morristown National Historical Park, established in March, 1933, was the first national historic park in the United States
The first steam-powered ferry service in the United States began operation on October 11, 1811. The service was between Hoboken, New Jersey and Manhattan
The first balloon flight in America was made by Jean Pierre Blanchard. On January 9,1793, he landed a balloon at Deptford, New Jersey
On January 19, 1883, the first standardized incandescent electric lighting system with overhead wires began service in Roselle, New Jersey
State Bird - Eastern Goldfinch
State Bug - Honeybee
State Dance - Square Dance
State Dinosaur - Hadrosaurus Foulkii
State Fish - Brook Trout
State Flower - Purple Violet
State Fruit - Blueberry
State Motto - Liberty and Prosperity
State Nickname - Garden State
State Shell - Knobbed Whelk
State Ship - The A. J. Meerwald
State Tree - Red Oak
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New Jersey was named after the Isle of Jersey, an island in the English Channel.
The first officially recorded, organized baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 19, 1846.
New Jersey is one of only two states where self-service filling of gasoline is prohibited. The other is Oregon.
The properties in the United States version of the board game Monopoly are named after the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey
New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is often referred to as the
“Diner Capital of the World”
The Union Water sphere, also known as the Union Water Tower, is the tallest water tower in the world. It is located in Union, New Jersey
The world's largest statue of a tooth (15 feet tall) is located in Trenton, New Jersey
Morristown National Historical Park, established in March, 1933, was the first national historic park in the United States
The first steam-powered ferry service in the United States began operation on October 11, 1811. The service was between Hoboken, New Jersey and Manhattan
The first balloon flight in America was made by Jean Pierre Blanchard. On January 9,1793, he landed a balloon at Deptford, New Jersey
On January 19, 1883, the first standardized incandescent electric lighting system with overhead wires began service in Roselle, New Jersey