Voorhees State Park, State park and nature reserve in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States
Voorhees State Park is a nature reserve and state park in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, covering wooded hills, several trails, and a small lake ringed by dense forest. The park also has designated picnic areas and camping sites spread across the property.
The park was created in 1929 when Foster McGowan Voorhees, a former governor of New Jersey, donated his farm to the state for public use. Over the following years, a federal work program brought in young men who built the trails, shelters, and other structures still standing today.
The stone shelters and trail markers built by young workers in the 1930s are still in use today and give the park a layered, handmade quality. Visitors walking the paths can notice how the stonework and wooden structures were shaped by hand, not machine.
Camping with fire rings, picnic tables, and bathrooms is available from April through October, while day visitors can walk the trails year-round. Spring and fall bring big swings in temperature, so layering clothes makes sense when planning a visit during those seasons.
The New Jersey Astronomical Association runs an observatory inside the park that holds one of the largest telescopes owned by a private organization in the state. On clear nights, the sky above the park is dark enough to make out distant planets and star clusters with the naked eye.
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