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Bass River State Park
When you get to Bass River State Park, your hardest choice will be what to do first. Head to 67 acre Lake Absegami so you can swim, paddle your canoe or launch your boat? Or hike the Park’s eight trails? Maybe find a spot under the trees for a picnic or unpack your gear and set up your campsite. Throughout Bass River’s 27,635 acres, you’ll find lots of ways to enjoy the great outdoors, no matter what you enjoy doing.
 
Belleplain State Forest
Make it a day trip – or an overnight adventure – at Belleplain State Forest and you’ll be hooked. The 21,300 acre forest is just what the outdoor-lover ordered. By day, you can fish, go boating, swim, picnic, bike, hike or challenge yourself along the physical fitness trail. By night, bunk down at one of hundreds of spots for tent, trailer, yurt or lean-to camping sites.
 
Brendan T. Byrne State Forest
Pick a day. Any day. No matter when you visit, you can enjoy the great outdoors at Brendan Byre State Forest. Formerly known as Lebanon State Park, the Forest provides 36,647 acres of pine forests, camping, picnicking, historic sites, fishing, cross-country skiing and other activities for year-round fun. Among its many trails are segments of the famed Batona Trail, which links to the Wharton and Bass River State Forests.
 
Chips Folly Family Campgrounds
You could pitch your tent, hook up your RV or check into one of the three cabins at Chips Folly Family Campground and spend your days sitting on the boat dock dangling your toes into the lake or soaking up some sun by the large pool. But then you’d be missing out on all the other activities and amenities that this 300-site campground has to offer.
 
Four Seasons Family Campground
You never know when you are going to get the urge to get away from it all and when you do, the Four Season Family Campground will be waiting for you. Bring your trailer, tent, or check into one of their cabins for a day, week, or longer. Fully-loaded with sports facilities, a rec hall, a lake for swimming and fishing, a busy calendar of themed events and the all-important utility hook-ups and showers, you’ll find everything you need for your outdoor escape.
 
Great Egg Harbor National Wild & Scenic & River
It starts as a trickle near Berlin, but along its 129 mile trek, the Great Egg Harbor River gradually widens and is joined by  17 tributaries on its way to Great Egg Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the River cuts through the Pinelands National Reserve. For paddlers, it's a favorite spot for canoeing and kayaking. Each year, striped bass and alewife herring spawn in the tributaries also making it a great spot for fishing. 
 
Holly Green Campground
Load up the camper. Pack up the tents.  Holly Green Campground has 94 peaceful, quiet spots just waiting for you to spend a weekend or longer in the great outdoors.
 
Old Cedar Campground
The perfect combination of quiet relaxation and the non-stop fun, Old Cedar Campground is located right in the heart of Southern New Jersey.  Open March 15-October 30, Cedar's calendar is packed with events and activities for the entire family.
 
Oldman's Creek Campground
Get away from it all, well, almost all at Oldman’s Creek Campground. The folks who run this 19 ½ campground know that family time means lots of family activities and that’s what they offer. When you book one of the 143 RV sites, 13 tent sites or 3 cabins, you also get to join in the fun and loopy activities that liven up your stay. There’s also lots of time for laid-back relaxation with basketball courts, a lake for fishing and swimming and game rooms for those y
 
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.  
 
Camp Dark Waters
Camp Dark Waters serves its community of campers and staff by running recreational activities that are fun and nurture the spiritual, intellectual, physical, and emotional life of young Friends and others. Based on the Quaker testimonies of Peace, Education, Simplicity, Stewardship, Equality, and Integrity, Camp Dark Waters' diverse community builds new friendships in a "family" atmosphere.
 
Cove Campers Summer Camp
If you are dreading the kids’ traditional summer chant of “I’m bored,” the Cove Campers Summer Camp is for you . . . and them. The half-day environmental education program will have kids clamoring for more. During their sessions at Palmyra Cove Nature Park, kids entering grades 3 – 6 will have the chance to engage in all kinds of hands-on activities that will introduce them to the wonders of nature and the importance of keeping it safe.
 
Lake Kandle Campground and Swim Club
No wonder there isalways a waiting list for one of the 120 campsites at Lake Kandle campground. There are so many amenities and activities here -- a fully-stocked lake for fishing and boating, a huge new pool, paddle boats, a playground, ball courts and a jam-packed activities schedule -- that it takes the whole season to do it all. Which works out well since all the campsites are full-season rentals.
 
YMCA Camp Ockanickon

YMCA Camp Ockanickon, Inc. will remain environmentally-aware and proactive, and committed to the Green Acres Act of NJ while providing the highest quality programs and services that develop skills and offer lifelong learning opportunities to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities.

 
Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp Resort
Hey, Boo Boo. You want a camping experience that everyone in the whole family will enjoy? Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Campground at Tall Pines has 113 woodland acres of it. Tent camping, RV camping and cabins . . . supervised kids activities, swimming pools and sports facilities . . . laundries, general store and peace and quiet for mom and dad. And of course, Yogi himself. Just be sure to hide those peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
 
Washington Crossing State Park
It wasn’t exactly the surprise the Hessian troops would have wanted early on a Christmas morning but when General George Washington led his troops on a secret crossing of the Delaware River, he launched what would become the Ten Crucial Days in the fight for American independence. The details of these monumental events are related in the 1,339 acre park’s Visitor Center where you can also find info on the 1400-acre nature area and hiking trails. Most special, the park hosts the re
 
Wharton State Forest
It is amazing how many activities, species of wildlife, unusual plants and other natural wonders can be packed into 115,111 acres. Name it and chances are, you can find it in Wharton State Forest, the largest single land tract within the NJ system of parks and forests. Throughout Wharton are rivers and streams for canoeing, trails for hiking, mountain biking, and cross-country skiing, historic landmarks and secluded areas for camping and spotting wildlife.