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Scenic Routes

Bring your camera. South Jersey's scenic routes are . . . well, scenic. And you'll want to capture every last detail.

If you like to commune with nature from behind the windshield of your car, you’ll love South Jersey’s scenic routes. There are three different routes along the 130 mile Southern Pinelands Heritage Trail that wind through historic villages, abut coastal marshes and run along wild and scenic rivers. Just aim the car and go where the road takes you.

All you need to travel the birding and wildlife route in Salem County is a pair of binoculars and a tank of gas. The Audubon Society has mapped out several driving scenic trails that weave through the Delaware Bayshore’s coastal wetlands, meadows, and wildlife refuges.

Save the gas and hop on the RailLine, the light rail train that connects Camden with Trenton. Along the way, you’ll traverse centuries of history as you traverse colonial-era river towns that combine small town charm with picture-worthy architecture.

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New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route

Explore the Trail’s Sandy Hook, Bernegat Bay, Absecon, Cape May and Delsea regions and you’ll spot unusual, natural and historic attractions on land and sea. Whether you're a landlubber or have your sea legs, explore the nation’s oldest operating lighthouse, the town where revolutionaries burned British tea, the state’s official tall ship and a grab-the-binoculars migrati

Great Bay Boulevard

Take a side trip on Seven Bridges Road in Tuckerton, NJ and turn onto Great Bay Boulevard. Down this drive you will get to see The Tuckerton Shell Mound, Crab Island Fish Factory, Tucker's Island, the First Bridge Marina.

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Adams Canoe Rental

The rivers of the Pinelands reveal their secrets when you see them up close and personal – wildlife, birds, foliage – and Adams Canoe Rental can set you up with everything you need for an afternoon of water-borne fun. Overnight trips are available for hearty souls who can’t get enough “canoe”-dling.

Delaware Bayshores Birding and Wildlife Trails

The pygmy pines make up an unusual aspect of the Pine Barrens. The pygmy pines, a student variety of pitch pine, can be seen at their best on Route 72 which runs from Stafford Townships through to Burlington County and beyond the Philadelphia area. County Route 539, running from Little Egg Harbor north, also has many great views of these mysterious trees.

As soon as someone comes up with the words to describe the sunsets at Sunset Beach, we’ll let you know. Meanwhile, “spectacular,’ ‘breathtaking,’ and ‘mesmerizing’ will have to do. Located at the southernmost tip of New Jersey, the skies over Sunset Beach are slathered with scarlet, fuschia, pink and gold. With the patriotic flag-lowering tradition and the year-round abundance of birds and waterfowl, a visit is a remarkable experience.

Winding River Campground

Even in camping it all comes down to location, location, location. And you can’t get a location much better than Winding River Campground’s. Situated along the Great Egg Harbor River, the campground’s 105 trailer sites and 28 tent sites (as well as their 2 rental cabins) get the benefit of cool river breezes as well as lots of opportunities for canoeing, kayaking and tubing down this Wild and Scenic River.

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