The Skylands Region (or simply known as Skylands) is a region

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located in the Northern and Central part of the state. It is one of six

tourism regions A tourism region is a geographical region that has been designated by a governmental organization or tourism bureau as having common cultural or environmental characteristics. These regions are often named after historical or current administrati ...

established by the New Jersey State Department of Tourism; the others are

Gateway Region The Gateway Region is the primary urbanized area of the northeastern section of New Jersey. It is anchored by Newark, the state's most populous city. While sometimes known as the Newark metropolitan area, it is part of the New York metropolitan ...

, Greater Atlantic City Region, the

Southern Shore Region The Southern Shore Region is located in the South Jersey region of New Jersey. It is one of six tourism regions established by the New Jersey State Department of Tourism, the others are the Gateway Region, Greater Atlantic City, the Delaware Riv ...

, the Delaware River Region, and the Shore Region. The Skylands Region officially encompasses Hunterdon,

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, Sussex and

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counties; the northwestern part of the Passaic County fits in with the Skylands Region, but it is part of the Gateway Region and not the Skylands Region. One could also say that the westernmost part of

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(in the

Ramapo Mountains The Ramapo Mountains are a forested chain of the Appalachian Mountains in northeastern New Jersey and southeastern New York, in the United States. They range in height from in New Jersey, and in New York. Several parks and forest preserves en ...

) is also part of the Skylands. The area features uplifted land, rolling hills and mountains characteristic of

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. The region contains 60,000 acres (240 km²) of state parkland and a diverse geography filled with lakes, rivers, and picturesque hills.

Climate

This region is considered by

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to be Humid Continental (Dfb).

Places and events

Allamuchy Freight House The Allamuchy Freight House is located in Allamuchy Township of Warren County, New Jersey. This freight house was built in 1906 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 2002, for its significance in transportatio ...

Allamuchy Mountain State Park Allamuchy Mountain State Park is located in Allamuchy Township and Byram Township in the Allamuchy Mountain region of New Jersey. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. There are more than of u ...

* Central Railroad of New Jersey main line *

Columbia Trail The Columbia Trail is a rail trail in rural northwestern New Jersey. It was created from portions of the former Central Railroad of New Jersey High Bridge Branch and stretches from High Bridge, in Hunterdon County, through Washington Township ...

Delaware Water Gap Delaware Water Gap is a water gap on the border of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. The gap makes up the southern portion of the Delaware Water Gap ...

and

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is a national recreation area administered by the National Park Service in northwest New Jersey and northeast Pennsylvania. It is centered around a stretch of the Delaware River designated the Middl ...

(on New Jersey side of Pennsylvania-New Jersey border) *

Duke Farms Duke Farms is an estate (land), estate that was established by James Buchanan Duke, an American entrepreneur who founded Duke Power and the American Tobacco Company. Located in Hillsborough, New Jersey, the property is managed by the Doris Duke F ...

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located in Morris County, New Jersey. Established in 1960, it now is among what has grown to be more than 550 refuges in the United States National Wildlife Refuge System. The initial portion of th ...

Hacklebarney State Park Hacklebarney State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of New Jersey, located between Long Valley and Chester in Morris County. The park is managed by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. Other parks in the Black River region inc ...

High Point State Park High Point State Park is a state park straddling the border of Wantage Township and Montague Township in Sussex County, within the Skylands Region of northwestern New Jersey, United States, near the border with New York State and Pennsylvania. ...

* High Point *

Hopatcong State Park Hopatcong State Park is a state park in the Landing section of Roxbury Township, New Jersey. Operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, the park consists of two parcels of land: one that encompasses Lake Hopatcong ...

Jenny Jump State Forest Jenny Jump State Forest is a state park in the U.S. state of New Jersey operated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Parks and Forestry. It is located in northern Warren County in the northwestern section of ...

* Jenny Jump Mountain * Land of Make Believe *

Kittatinny Mountain Kittatinny Mountain (Lenape: Kitahtëne) is a long ridge traversing primarily across Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey, running in a northeast-southwest axis, a continuation across the Delaware Water Gap of Pennsylvania's Blue Mountain ...

* Kittatinny Valley State Park * Lackawanna Cut-Off *

Lake Hopatcong Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about in area. Located from the Delaware River and from Manhattan, New York City, the lake forms part of the border between Sussex and Morris counties in the state's ...

* Lake Musconetcong * Lehigh Line *

Musconetcong Mountain Musconetcong Mountain is a ridge in the Highlands region of New Jersey running south of and parallel to the Musconetcong River. The ridge travels through Alexandria, Holland, Bethlehem and Lebanon Township. Prominent Features *Point Mountain, 935 ...

Musconetcong River The Musconetcong River is a tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 It flows through ...

* Musconetcong Tunnel * New Jersey State Fair * Red Mill *

Ringwood Manor Ringwood Manor, located in Passaic County, New Jersey, was the site of an ironworks and home to a number of well-known ironmasters from the 1740s to the late 19th century. The current manor house was not built until 1807. History Scottish engine ...

Ringwood State Park Ringwood State Park is a state park in Passaic County in northeastern New Jersey, USA. The Park is located in the heart of the Ramapo Mountains in Ringwood. Its forests are part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. It contains ...

* Round Valley Reservoir * Space Farms Zoo and Museum *

Spruce Run Recreation Area Spruce Run Recreation Area is a New Jersey state recreation area located in Union Township and Clinton Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. It encompasses the Spruce Run Reservoir that is used as a backup reservoir to prot ...

* Stokes State Forest ** Sussex Branch Rail Trail * Swartswood State Park *

The Sourlands The Sourlands is a region in the US state of New Jersey that includes portions of Hunterdon County, Mercer County and Somerset County. It is centered on Sourland Mountain and comprises parts of Lambertville, East Amwell, West Amwell, Hillsbo ...

Sourland Mountain Sourland Mountain is a long ridge in central New Jersey, extending from the Delaware River at Lambertville to the western end of Hillsborough Township near the community of Neshanic, through Montgomery Township and into Hopewell Township ...

** Sourland Mountain Preserve *

Wallkill River The Wallkill River, a tributary of the Hudson, drains Lake Mohawk in Sparta, New Jersey, flowing from there generally northeasterly U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Oct ...

* Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge * Waterloo Village, New Jersey *

Wild West City Wild West City is a Wild West theme park based on 1880s Dodge City, Kansas, located in Stanhope, New Jersey. In popular culture The park was used as a filming location for ''The Whitest Kids U' Know ''The Whitest Kids U' Know'' (''WKUK'') is an ...

Schooley's Mountain Schooley's or, officially, Schooleys Mountain is a mountain ridge in northern New Jersey that stretches from Lake Hopatcong in the north to Hampton in the south. It is centrally located within the southern Highlands, positioned almost equidistantl ...

* Skylands estate *

Somerset Patriots The Somerset Patriots are an American Minor League Baseball team based in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, that is the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. They compete in the Eastern League, known as the Double-A Northeast in 2021, and w ...

TD Bank Ballpark TD Bank Ballpark is a 6,100-seat baseball park in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, Bridgewater, New Jersey, that is the home of the Somerset Patriots, a Double-A (baseball), Double-A level Minor League Baseball team in the Eastern League (1938� ...

Sussex County Miners The Sussex County Miners are a professional independent league baseball team based in the Augusta section of Frankford Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. The Miners are members of the East Division of the Frontier League, an ...

/ Skylands Stadium * Voorhees State Park

References

External links

The High Point of New Jersey: The Skylands Region

New Jersey Skylands

Skylands Tourism Council

New Jersey Highlands Coalition
Tourism in New Jersey Regions of New Jersey Tourism regions of New Jersey North Jersey Highlands {{NewJersey-geo-stub

Climate

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