NJ Historic Sites

🗺️ New Jersey Historic Sites

🏛️ Northern New Jersey

(Gateway Region • Newark • Jersey City • Paterson • Morristown)

  • Liberty State Park & Central Railroad of NJ Terminal (Jersey City)
  • Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty Access (via Liberty State Park)
  • Newark Museum of Art (Newark)
  • Liberty Hall Museum (Union)
  • Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park (Paterson)
  • Lambert Castle (Paterson)
  • Morristown National Historical Park (Morristown)
  • Ford Mansion – Washington’s Headquarters (Morristown)
  • Fort Lee Historic Park (Fort Lee)
  • Ringwood Manor (Ringwood)
  • Skylands Manor & NJ Botanical Garden (Ringwood)
  • High Point Monument (Sussex County)

🏞️ Central New Jersey

(Somerset • Middlesex • Mercer • Monmouth)

  • Princeton Battlefield State Park (Princeton)
  • Clarke House Museum (Princeton)
  • Drumthwacket – Governor’s Residence (Princeton)
  • Old Barracks Museum (Trenton)
  • Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage (Somerville)
  • East Jersey Old Town Village (Piscataway)
  • Monmouth Battlefield State Park (Manalapan)
  • Allaire State Park & Historic Village (Wall Township)
  • Twin Lights Historic Site (Highlands)
  • Sandy Hook Lighthouse (Sandy Hook)

🏖️ Southern New Jersey

(Burlington • Camden • Gloucester • Salem • Cumberland • Cape May)

  • Burlington Historic District (Burlington City)
  • Red Bank Battlefield Park & Fort Mercer (National Park)
  • Walt Whitman House (Camden)
  • Indian King Tavern Museum (Haddonfield)
  • Hancock House Historic Site (Hancock’s Bridge)
  • Mauricetown Historic District (Cumberland County)
  • East Point Lighthouse (Maurice River Township)
  • Cape May Historic District (Cape May)
  • Emlen Physick Estate (Cape May)
  • Historic Cold Spring Village (Cape May)

âš“ Maritime, Industrial & Early American Heritage

(Statewide Highlights)

  • Batsto Village (Wharton State Forest)
  • Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum (Tuckerton)
  • Howell Living History Farm (Lambertville)
  • Thomas Edison National Historical Park (West Orange)
  • Deserted Village of Feltville (Watchung Reservation)
  • The Hermitage (Ho-Ho-Kus)
  • Long Pond Ironworks Historic District (Hewitt)
  • Historic Smithville Mansion (Eastampton)

🕯️ Revolutionary War Sites (Key Locations)

  • Princeton Battlefield
  • Monmouth Battlefield
  • Trenton – Battle of Trenton Sites
  • Old Barracks Museum
  • Fort Lee Historic Park
  • Red Bank Battlefield