Town · Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County
Oldwick
A tiny 18th-century village in Hunterdon horse country: a crossroads of old houses, a white-steepled church and some of the prettiest back roads in the state.
Oldwick is barely more than a crossroads, and that is its charm: a cluster of 18th- and 19th-century houses, a white-steepled Lutheran church and a historic inn, set among the horse farms and rolling fields of Tewksbury Township. German families settled here in the 1700s, and the village was called New Germantown until the First World War.
Come for a slow lunch and a drive on the back roads, some of the most scenic in Hunterdon County, then walk in Willowwood Arboretum or along the river at Hacklebarney, both a short drive away.
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In and around Oldwick
Public Garden · Chester Township, Morris County
Willowwood Arboretum
A peaceful arboretum in the Chester hills, with old trees, a farmhouse garden and meadows, run by the Morris County Park Commission.
State Park · Washington Township, Morris County
Hacklebarney State Park
A small, rocky park where the Black River tumbles through a hemlock-shaded gorge, with easy riverside trails and picnic spots.
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State Recreation Area · Clinton Township, Hunterdon County
Round Valley Recreation Area
A huge, deep, clear reservoir in the Hunterdon hills, with a swimming beach, boating, trout fishing and wilderness campsites reached on foot or by boat.
Public Garden · Far Hills Borough, Somerset County
Leonard J. Buck Garden
A rock garden set into a wooded glacial valley, where ferns, wildflowers and alpine plants grow among natural rock outcrops. Spring is the peak.
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Willowwood Arboretum
A peaceful arboretum in the Chester hills, with old trees, a farmhouse garden and meadows, run by the Morris County Park Commission.
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Hacklebarney State Park
A small, rocky park where the Black River tumbles through a hemlock-shaded gorge, with easy riverside trails and picnic spots.