Earth:Skylands Region

Short description: Region of New Jersey, US

The Delaware and Raritan Canal in Lambertville

The Cooper Mill in Chester Township

Bernardsville station in Somerset County

The Skylands Region (simply known as Skylands) is a region of New Jersey located in the northern and central parts of the state. It is one of six tourism regions established by the New Jersey State Department of Tourism; the others are Gateway Region, Greater Atlantic City Region, the Southern Shore Region, the Delaware River Region, and the Shore Region.

The Skylands Region officially encompasses Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and Warren counties; the northwestern part of the Passaic County fits in with the Skylands Region, but it is part of the Gateway Region and not the Skylands Region. One could also say that the westernmost part of Bergen (in the Ramapo Mountains) is also part of the Skylands. The area features uplifted land, rolling hills and mountainous characteristics of North Jersey. The region contains 60,000 acres (240 km²) of state parkland and a diverse geography filled with lakes, rivers, and picturesque hills.

Climate

This region is considered by Köppen to be Humid Continental (Dfb).

Places and events

• Allamuchy Freight House
• Allamuchy Mountain State Park
• Central Railroad of New Jersey main line
• Columbia Trail
• Delaware Water Gap and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (on New Jersey side of Pennsylvania-New Jersey border)
• Duke Farms
• Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
• Hacklebarney State Park
• High Point State Park
• High Point
• Hopatcong State Park
• Jenny Jump State Forest
• Jenny Jump Mountain
• Land of Make Believe
• Kittatinny Mountain
• Kittatinny Valley State Park
• Lackawanna Cut-Off
• Lake Hopatcong
• Lake Musconetcong
• Lehigh Line
• Musconetcong Mountain
• Musconetcong River
• Musconetcong Tunnel
• New Jersey State Fair
• Red Mill
• Ringwood Manor
• Ringwood State Park
• Round Valley Reservoir
• Space Farms Zoo and Museum
• Spruce Run Recreation Area
• Stokes State Forest
  • Sussex Branch Rail Trail
• Swartswood State Park
• The Sourlands
• Sourland Mountain
  • Sourland Mountain Preserve
• Wallkill River
• Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge
• Waterloo Village, New Jersey
• Wild West City
• Schooley's Mountain
• Skylands estate
• Somerset Patriots/TD Bank Ballpark
• Sussex County Miners/Skylands Stadium
• Voorhees State Park

See also

• Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
• New York-New Jersey Highlands
• Piedmont

External links

• The High Point of New Jersey: The Skylands Region
• New Jersey Skylands
• Skylands Tourism Council
• New Jersey Highlands Coalition