Silhouette of a man with backpack standing on McAfee Knob at sunset with mountains in the distance.

McAfee Knob is one of the most popular locations along the A.T. to take photographs.

Appalachian

The Appalachian Trail is a 2,190+ mile long public footpath that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands of the Appalachian Mountains. Conceived in 1921, built by private citizens, and completed in 1937, today the

View of the Delaware River cutting between two low mountain peaks

The Delaware Water Gap is the geologic formation that gives the park its name. This distinctive cut thru the Kittatinny ridgeline was made by the Delaware River over thousands of years.

Delaware Water Gap

Situated within the most densely populated region of the United States, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area provides a unique opportunity to experience tranquil landscapes, rich human history, and striking scenery along 40 miles of the longes

Beaux-Arts brick and limestone building with large arched windows and cupola-topped towers.

Over 12 million immigrants were processed at Ellis Island during the peak years of 1892-1924, most through this building which opened in 1900.

Ellis Island

How far would you travel to find a better life? What if the journey took weeks under difficult conditions? If you answered "Whatever it takes," you echo the feelings of the 12 million immigrants who passed through these now quiet halls from 1892 to 1

Tent at  Floyd Bennett Field campsite in Gateway's Jamaica Bay unit.

You can camp at all three units of Gateway, in the shadow of NYC.

Gateway

Spanning 27,000 acres from Sandy Hook in New Jersey to Breezy Point in New York City, the park is both the gateway from the ocean into New York Harbor, and the gateway to the National Park Service for millions of visitors every year. Gateway offers g

Still river in the winter with leafless trees on either side

Great Egg Harbor River downstream from Mill Street (New Jersey Route 559) in Mays Landing, New Jersey

Great Egg Harbor River

The River gradually widens as it picks up the waters of 17 tributaries on its way to Great Egg Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. Established by Congress in 1992, nearly all of this 129-mile river system rests within the Pinelands National Reserve. This

A rural boat lock with a gate

Locks were used to move boats overland via canals

Lower Delaware

The Delaware River, the largest free-flowing river in the eastern United States, runs past forests, farmlands and villages. It also links some of the most densely populated regions in America. In 2000, the National Wild and Scenic River System incorp

The Wick House surrounded by colorful fall leaves

The Wick House in the fall.

Morristown

Morristown National Historical Park commemorates the sites of General Washington and the Continental army’s winter encampment of December 1779 to June 1780, where they survived through what would be the coldest winter on record. The park also maintai

Tall pine trees surround a thin unpaved trail

Batona Trail in the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest part of the NJ Pinelands

New Jersey Pinelands

This is truly a special place. It's classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and in 1978 was established by Congress as the country’s first National Reserve. It includes portions of seven southern New Jersey counties, and encompasses over one-

Wind blows US Flag and surrounding area

Doesn't get more photogenic than this

Paterson Great Falls

Silk cloth and steam locomotives; textiles and continuous paper rolls; firearms and aircraft engines. What do these things have in common? All were manufactured in the same place - Paterson, NJ. In 1792, Paterson was established as America's first pl

Large salmon colored Victorian mansion with green lawn and blue sky

Thomas Edison purchased Glenmont as a wedding present for his wife Mina in 1886, for the cost of $125,000 USD.

Thomas Edison

Today, the brick buildings on Main Street in West Orange, NJ seem quiet, betraying little evidence of the research, development, and innovation of their heyday. Visitors can step back in time to Thomas Edison’s home and laboratory, when machines were

Flag marking the trail

Washington-Rochambeau NHT banner on 2nd Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

In 1781, General Rochambeau’s French Army joined forces with General Washington’s Continental Army to fight the British Army in Yorktown, Virginia. With the French Navy in support, the allied armies moved hundreds of miles to become the largest troop