New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve (U.S. National Park Service)

New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve • New Jersey

Tall pine trees surround a thin unpaved trail

This is truly a special place. It's classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and in 1978 was established by Congress as the country’s first National Reserve. It includes portions of seven southern New Jersey counties, and encompasses over one-million acres of farms, forests and wetlands. It contains 56 communities, from hamlets to suburbs, with over 700,000 permanent residents.