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Get Outside & Explore New Jersey!

Many years ago, the beauty of this state inspired me to explore everything that NJ had to offer, and to capture everything that I was seeing. This inspiration to explore grew into a need, or even a passion, to share what I had found. With a little bit of hard work, this turned in to GetOutsideNJ.com. - Jeff C, GetOutsideNJ.com

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U.S. Life Saving Station 30

U.S. Life Saving Station 30

Ocean City, New Jersey 08226
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Barnegat Light Museum

Barnegat Light Museum

Barnegat Light, New Jersey 08006
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Squan Beach Life Saving Station

Squan Beach Life Saving Station

Manasquan, New Jersey 08736
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Washington Rock State Park

Washington Rock State Park

Green Brook, New Jersey 08812
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Farny State Park

Rockaway, New Jersey 07866
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Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park

Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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U.S. Life Saving Station 30

U.S. Life Saving Station 30

Ocean City, New Jersey 08226
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Barnegat Light Museum

Barnegat Light, New Jersey 08006
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Squan Beach Life Saving Station

Squan Beach Life Saving Station

Manasquan, New Jersey 08736
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Twin Lights Historic Site

Twin Lights Historic Site

Highlands, Monmouth County, NJ
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Sandy Hook Lighthouse

Highlands, Monmouth County, NJ
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Enchanted Evening Tours of Ringwood Manor

Enchanted Evening Tours of Ringwood Manor -1.00 miles

Oct 17, 2026 Ringwood, Passaic County, NJ
After-dark tours of historic Ringwood Manor that share local legends and end with a lantern-lit walk...
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Fall Season at Eastmont Orchards

Fall Season at Eastmont Orchards -1.00 miles

Oct 17, 2026 Colts Neck, Monmouth County, NJ
Eastmont Orchards opens Fridays through Sundays in the fall for pumpkins, apples, fall decorations, ...
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Farm of Horrors at Schaefer Farms

Farm of Horrors at Schaefer Farms -1.00 miles

Oct 17, 2026 Flemington, Hunterdon County, NJ
The nighttime Halloween attraction at Schaefer Farms: a haunted hayride followed by a trail of terro...
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Field of Terror

Field of Terror -1.00 miles

Oct 17, 2026 East Windsor, Mercer County, NJ
A farm haunted attraction in East Windsor with a haunted hayride and a haunted cornfield walk. Thurs...
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Harvest Moon Nights at Alstede Farms

Harvest Moon Nights at Alstede Farms -1.00 miles

Oct 17, 2026 Chester, Morris County, NJ
Alstede Farms opens after dark on fall weekend nights for moonlit hayrides, a flashlight corn maze, ...
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Harvest at Howell Fall Festival at Twin Pond Farm

Harvest at Howell Fall Festival at Twin Pond Farm -1.00 miles

Oct 17, 2026 Howell, Monmouth County, NJ
Twin Pond Farm's fall festival, with pumpkins, a corn maze, hayrides and farm activities. Open Frida...
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