Cheesequake State Park
Location:Off the Garden State Parkway at Exit 120 or via Route 34; follow signs.
Facilities:53 tent and trailer campsites with flush toilets and showers, 6 group
campsites with water and flush toilets, picnic areas, group picnic
areas with shelter, playfields, and playground, hiking and multi-use
trails, bathhouse, food concession, interpretive center.
Activities:Camping, boating (electric motors only; cartop boat launch only),
canoeing, lake fishing, swimming, hiking, bicycling, mountain biking,
cross-country skiing, snow shoeing, sledding.
Special Features:Park is located in the middle of the urban north and suburban south, in
a transitional zone between two different ecosystems. Open fields,
saltwater and freshwater marshes, a white cedar swamp, Pine Barrens,
and a northeastern hardwood forest are its principal characteristics.
Address:300 Gordon Rd
Matawan, NJ 07747
Phone:732-566-2161
Web: www.njparksandforests.org/parks/cheesequake.html
Size: 1,361 acres.
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New Jersey.