Best Tent Camping: New Jersey

ABOUT THE AUTHORSOriginally from Northern Virginia, Marie Javins was dragged as a child all over the Shenandoah Valley and surrounding mountains. Back then she hated camping, fishing, and looking at wildlife, and after college she immediately moved to New York City. She did not learn to love camping again until, as an adult, she camped around Africa as a matter of financial necessity. Since then, she has tent-camped her way across the United States and New Zealand.Marie was an editor and colorist for Marvel Comics for 13 years before taking up travel writing. She currently lives in downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, where she is authoring Slow Boat to Everywhere, a book about her trip around the world by surface transport (for more details, go to MariesWorldTour.com).Matt Willen is a writer, explorer, and photographer. He spends much of his time exploring little-known and remote places around the globe, most recently in areas above 50 degrees north latitude and below 50 degrees south. Matt is also the author of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Harrisburg and Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: Mid-Atlantic. He lives seasonally in Pennsylvania and Nova Scotia.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY  Campgaw Mountain  Camp Glen Gray  Camp Taylor  Camp Wyanokie  Delaware National Water Gap Recreation Area (Canoe-in)  Delaware National Water Gap Recreation Area (Hike-in)  Harmony Ridge Campground  High Point State Park: Sawmill Lake Camping Area  Mahlon Dickerson Reservation  Ramapo Valley County Reservation  Stokes State Forest: Lake Ocquittunk Camping Area  Stokes State Forest: Shotwell Camping Area  Stokes State Forest: Steam Mill Camping Area  Swartswood State Park  Worthington State Forest    WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY  Delaware River Family Campground  Jenny Jump State Forest  Round Valley Recreation Area  Spruce Run Recreation Area  Stephens State Park  Teetertown Ravine Nature Preserve  Triple Brook Camping Resort  Voorhees State Park    EAST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY  Allaire State Park  Bass River State Forest  Brendan Byrne State Forest  Camp Gateway, Sandy Hook  Cheesequake State Park  River Wood Park  Timberline Lake Camping Resort  Turkey Swamp State Park    THE JERSEY SHORE  Adventure Bound Camping Resort  Cedar Creek Campground  Frontier Campground  Ocean View Resort Campground  Surf and Stream Campground    SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY  Atlantic County Park—Estell Manor and Weymouth Furnace  Atlantic County Park—Lake Lenape  Belleplain State Forest—Meisle Field and CCC Camp  Belleplain State Forest—North Shore Campground  Parvin State Park  Philadelphia South KOA Campground  Wharton State Forest: Atsion Family Campground  Wharton State Forest: Batona Campground  Wharton State Forest: Bodine Field Campground  Wharton State Forest: Buttonwood Hill Campground  Wharton State Forest: Godfrey Bridge Campground  Wharton State Forest: Goshen Pond Campground  Wharton State Forest: Hawkin Bridge Campground  Wharton State Forest: Lower Forge and Mullica River Campgrounds