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Best Scenic Weekend Getaways in New Jersey
New Jersey is blessed with many scenic attractions and, with its relatively small area, many of the scenic attractions can be experienced during a weekend trip short. With so many scenic destinations to choose from, we choose the best alternatives weekend in scenic New Jersey.
From the rugged Kittatinny Mountains along the Delaware River, Skylands in northwest, to the land of rolling and historical sites Hunterdon County, and throughout the state for the New Jersey shore with its fantastic beaches, amusement piers, boardwalks and Bread charming Victorian homes, New Jersey offers a wide choice of scenic destinations for travelers of all interests of adventure to a slower relaxed destination.
Best Scenic Weekend Getaways New Jersey
Cape May
Cape May is an ideal place for visiting the scenic beach special weekend getaway. This city beach resort offers beautiful beaches fine sand, a charming village with Gingerbread Victorian homes, gas lamps lit, horse-drawn carriages, tree lined streets and a historic lighthouse. To complete experience the weekend, there are a variety of bed and breakfast Victorian, quaint boutiques and fine restaurants that appeal to all tastes. As the summer season is the best time to visit, Cape May became an attraction throughout the year offering seasonal programs, home visits by candlelight and a range activities and other climatic conditions cooler.
Cape May is also home to one of the largest commercial fishing ports in the United States, and as a result you'll find a good variety of restaurants serving seafood locally caught up fresh seafood.
Things to do
If not relax on the beach is your thing, there are plenty of other activities that can occupy your leisure hours day time. They include: bicycling, bicycle rentals with many available locally by the hour or day. Cycle down to Sunset Beach or the Cape May Light House built in 1859 and listed on state and national registers of historic places, or the next Bird Observatory operated by the New Jersey Audubon Society. There is a picnic, walk the beach at sunrise or sunset, where you can see schools of dolphins swim, whales and dolphin watching Boat trips, kayaking, saltwater marshes, a salt marsh safari, deep sea fishing, a nautical museum, and a history of World War II World of coastal defense gun placement.
Places to Stay
The Albert Stevens Inn – Located a short distance from the lighthouse of Cape May Point and Cape May Bird Observatory.
The Bedford Inn – A Victorian house with gingerbread trim, a block from the beach, has a balcony with grand old rocking chairs, and lounge with Victorian fireplace.
Victoria B & B – A Victorian house with homemade quilts adorning the beds. Located in downtown historic district and one block from the beach, has four Victorian buildings with balconies and living rooms.
Hunterdon County – Clinton Frenchtown / Lambertville / Sergeantsville
Hunterdon County is a special destination rolling land with scenic, historical sites, and charming towns. Featured here are the cities of Clinton, Frenchtown, Lambertville, and Sergeantsville. All are charming small towns with surrounding rural scenic beauty that can be easily observed during a weekend getaway.
Clinton Nestled in the hills, is a classic American small town that attracted photographers, filmmakers, and visitors here for its scenic beauty and historical. It is a charming historic town, with shops and streets lined with cherry tree, a river with a waterfall of 200 meters wide winding through it, and lined with old grist mills.
Stuff to
Hunterdon Museum of Art – A contemporary art museum located in an 1836 stone gristmill listed on the National Historic Registrar and the State. 908-735-8415
Red Mill Village Museum – The most photographed spot in New Jersey, is situated on 10 acres next to the scenic waterfall of Hillary Clinton. The museum is a short walk across the iron bridge the old with more than 40,000 artifacts and chronicles more than 180 years history of Hunterdon County. 908-735-4101
Canoe & Kayak Rental Clinton – 908-735-6767
Ken Lockwood Gorge, Califon – Califon From up High Bridge, Raritan River cuts through a beautiful scenic gorge straddled with huge boulders.
Where to Stay
Courtyard Lebanon – A new hotel with spacious rooms, a small heated pool and a complimentary breakfast.
Holiday Inn Select – The one walking distance of downtown shops.
Frenchtown is an undiscovered secret that is attracting visitors with its many multi-colored three-story homes Victorian, art galleries, antique shops, clothing stores and restaurants, all surrounded by scenic rural hills, river and historic sites.
Things to do
If you chose to do Frenchtown its base during the night to explore Hunterdon County, rent a bicycle shop in Freeman bike and ride south along the D & R Channel towpath, stopping in Stockton, then continue to Lambertville. Return to Route 29 through Frenchtown.
Check balloon flights Alexandria – 908-479-4878.
See Frenchtown romantic sunsets from a hot air balloon. See fantastic views of the river, the river and the hills.
If your summer rent an inner tube in the pipe of Delaware, 908-996-5386, for a pleasant stroll along the Delaware River. Check out the Sand Castle Winery for tasting and tours
Where to Stay
National Hotel with dark wooden beams, beds covered with mosquito netting.
Widow McCrea House, a Victorian inn with rooms old and a breakfast gourmet candlelight.
Lambertville is the only city in Hunterdon County and is popular with visitors attracted by its picturesque town with tree-lined streets, Victorian homes, antique shops, clothing stores, art galleries and restaurants. His five block downtown area along the Delaware River attracts buyers and browsers window.
Things to do
If you chose to do Lambertville its base during the night to explore Hunterdon County, and you have your own bike, head north to Frenchtown on Route 29, and return south along the D & R Canal towpath, stopping in Stockton.
Lambertville Historical Society – The Marshall House furnishings, 1834 an exposure history Shad, and bedspreads.
Magic Glass Studio – Create your own one from a piece of glass that is unique in his studio.
The Museum At Holcombe Jimison Farmstead– where you can see old farm equipment, a country kitchen, a rural post office, the physician Dr. Leaver's / Dental office, a blacksmith, a printer, a carpentry and a period garden.
River Horse Brewery – microbrewery is just the area production of craft beers and microbrews. Take a walking tour of kegging and bottling operation products and sample the tasting room.
Where Be
Chimney Hill Farm Estate – This fieldstone inn was built in 1820, and is surrounded by eight acres of fields and landscaped grounds.
Inn at Lambertville Station – The larger cities bed and breakfast is family. Its three stories with the most rooms
The have a river view.
York Street House B & B – A Victorian house with a porch and wooden rocking chairs and a breakfast by candlelight.
Sergeantsville is a small village which like Amish Country in Pennsylvania, with its rolling hills, farmland, and the state last pre-20 century covered bridge and an old fashioned general store.
Things to do
Spanning the 20th century pre-Covered Bridge in New Jersey, and stop to visit an old fashioned general store.
Northern Skylands
Here you can experience the scenic beauty of New England without leaving New Jersey. The North Skylands Region is rich in mountainous terrain, the riverside towns, state parks, agricultural land, wildlife bed and breakfast, and plenty of recreational opportunities. This is an area that has some of the best new bike Jersey, fishing, tubing, canoeing and camping.
The High Skylands Region of the Highlands, from east to Ringwood State Park, west of Vernon Valley, south glacial lakes and the remnants of the old Morris Canal, and northern border of the State of New York, which attracts more annual visitors to Yellowstone National Park. It is a beautiful panorama scenic forests, sheer cliffs, and a scattering of open areas of lakes and streams. This area is popular for downhill skiing, snowboarding, camping, fishing trout, hiking and golf.
The Valley and Ridge Skylands region covers the extreme northwest corner of State and the Kittatinny Mountains. The region is very popular among outdoor enthusiasts. Has the highest point in New Jersey in 1803 feet and attracts visitors looking for active camping, hiking, skydiving, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and fly fishing.
Things to do
High Point State Park
The view from High Point Monument, at 1,803 meters above sea level, is a spectacular panorama which covers three states of material farms, mountains, forests, rivers and streams. The park also contains a section of 18 miles of the Appalachian Trail. It is a park the whole season to attract visitors to mountain biking, horseback riding, hiking, swimming, fishing, cross country skiing, ice fishing, dog sledding, and rackets.
Stokes State Forest is 15,996 acres of scenic mountain views and a beautiful section of the Appalachian Trail. The rugged terrain makes forest a popular area for mountain biking, hiking, fishing, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, horseback riding, swimming and camping.
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area borders more than 40 miles from the Delaware River and almost 70,000 acre scenic beauty, breathtaking cliffs, and a 1,400 foot deep, 900 meters wide gap that separates the Mount of New Jersey 1528 feet. Tammany and Pennsylvania 1,462 feet Mt. Minsky. It is a popular place for back packing, hiking, biking, canoeing, camping, cross country skiing, picnicking, horseback riding and fishing. For the less active, take a tour of car one day to the park and experience the waterfalls, landscape rural and historic Millbrook Village.
Skylands Manor and Botanical Garden in Ringwood New Jersey. Spend a few hours touring the 96 acre gardens with over 400 varieties lilac. Take a stroll through the paths of the standing forest of magnolia and crab apple Vista, with a visit to the elegant Tudor-style mansion.
Franklin Mineral Museum in Franklin mine is a zinc mine known for its unique display of mineral fluorescence, (glowing rocks) and variety of species rare. They have thousands of mineral specimens on display with a huge display of fluorescent minerals and shining bright in color.
Places to Stay
The Inn at Panther Valley – is a great service and beautiful, full Inn, ideal for someone looking for an inn getaway weekend with many amenities. Located 20 minutes from the Delaware Water Gap, in the heart of the Northwest Skylands NJ, has a modern fitness center, shops, restaurants and nightlife. They also support corporate retreats and weddings.
Alpine Haus Bed and Breakfast Inn – Located next to Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, this 19th Century Victorian Inn has eight well-equipped, comfortable rooms with private bathrooms. There are two Carriage House suites with fireplace and whirlpool
Crystal Springs Resort – The new Minerals Hotel has 175 luxury rooms to the suite Presidential, all with attractive mountain, pool or golf course. Many rooms have cozy fireplace. It also offers the best locations in the elegant restaurant.
About the Author
Frank Dalotto is a freelance writer and travel consultant, and is the owner and editor of New Jersey Leisure Guide and a travel consultant for Leisure Travel Mart.
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