Skylands Travel Guide

Surrender all your New Jersey images, and get ready for the Skylands. Here, you trade beaches for mountains, mega-malls for historic towns, highways for old steam trains, and partying crowds for outdoor enthusiasts. Morristown is steeped in American Revolutionary history, George Washington landmarks and plenty of blossoming themed gardens. Lovers of the outdoors head to mountainous Vernon, where you can ski by winter, swim by summer, cruise the Appalachian Trail by autumn—and soak in resort spas year around. More adventures await in Lake Hopatcong and Delaware Water Gap, where canoeing, fishing and camping are all in order. Train buffs will appreciate the railroad history of Phillipsburg, where you can ride on historic steam trains—and then take a different kind of ride on the world-class roller coasters of Dorney Park. Holding it all together is the down-to-earth charm of the Skylands residents, best experienced at the New Jersey State Fair. All that mountain air is doing them right—and creating a unique New Jersey experience for you.