New Jersey Travel Guide
The boardwalk at Atlantic City. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
New Jersey's Shore is the classic American beach summer: 200 km of boardwalks, from the Victorian gingerbread of Cape May to the amusements of Wildwood and the casinos of Atlantic City. The diner count (over 500) is the highest per capita in the country.
Beyond the beach: Princeton's university town, the Delaware Water Gap's hiking, and the Pine Barrens' cranberry bogs. The PATH and NJ Transit put Manhattan 20 minutes from Hoboken and Jersey City's waterfront.
Destinations in New Jersey
Cape MayVictorian seaside resort: painted ladies, the lighthouse, dolphin watching.- PrincetonThe university campus, Nassau Hall and the art museum.
- Asbury ParkThe Stone Pony's Springsteen history and the revitalized boardwalk.
- Delaware Water GapHiking and the river gap on the Pennsylvania line.
- WildwoodDoo-wop motels and the free beaches with the widest sand.
- Atlantic City boardwalkThe 1870 original boardwalk: casinos, Steel Pier, salt-water taffy.
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Top Cities & towns in New Jersey
Regional food
- Taylor ham / pork roll (the breakfast meat of the great North-South debate)
- Disco fries (gravy-and-cheese fries, the diner classic)
- Salt-water taffy (the boardwalk sweet)
Getting there
Newark (EWR) is the gateway. NJ Transit and the PATH connect to New York; the Shore needs a car or NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line in summer.