Burlington Island, River island in Delaware River, New Jersey.
Burlington Island spans 300 acres in the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, featuring a central freshwater lagoon of 100 acres.
Dutch settlers established Fort Wilhelmus on the island in 1624, marking the first European settlement in what would later become New Jersey.
The Lenape Native Americans named the island Matinicunk, meaning Island of Pines, and maintained settlements there before European colonization.
The Board of Island Managers oversees the island's administration and requires visitors to obtain special permission for accessing the grounds.
The island transformed from a military outpost to an entertainment center with Island Beach Amusement Park operating between 1917 and 1928.
Location: New Jersey
GPS coordinates: 40.09170,-74.84580
Latest update: March 7, 2025 04:01
Delaware River – Turnpike Toll Bridge
3.1 km
Pennsbury Manor
8 km
Burlington–Bristol Bridge
2.3 km
Neshaminy State Park
7.6 km
Rancocas Creek
9.9 km
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
2.1 km
Phineas Pemberton House
7.7 km
Dorrance Mansion
848 m
St. Elizabeth's Convent
9.7 km
Bristol College
5 km
Burlington Historic District
2.1 km
Grundy Mill Complex
1.5 km
Revell House
2.1 km
Harriman Historic District
1.9 km
Church of St. James the Greater
902 m
Fallsington Historic District
6.4 km
Sotcher Farmhouse
9.7 km
Peachfield
7.3 km
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
7.1 km
Bristol Historic District
924 m
Quaker School
1.6 km
Bristol Industrial Historic District
1.3 km
Coopertown Meetinghouse
6.9 km
Providence Presbyterian Church of Bustleton
5.3 km
Hulmeville Historic District
7.9 km
Jefferson Land Association Historic District
1.8 km
Jefferson Avenue School
987 m
Roebling Historic District
6.7 kmReviews
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