Welcome to the New Jersey Environment
Benjamin Franklin said, "New Jersey is a keg
tapped at both ends," describing the state's geographic relationship
to Manhattan and Philadelphia. But the Garden State is much more
than a pause between these important cities; it is an ecologically
and historically significant land mass. With a temperate climate
and a location on the Atlantic Coast that make it a pleasant place
to live all year round, New Jersey's 127 miles of white sand beaches
attract a large number of beach bound tourists in the summertime.
Inland, the state contains a variety of parks and recreation areas,
including the Appalachian foothills in the northwest and the biologically
diverse Pine Barrens in the south. At Washington Crossing State
Park, in Princeton and the capital, Trenton, visitors can trace
the steps of General George Washington and his troops as they fought
the British in the Revolutionary War. It is no wonder that this
small state with so much to offer has the highest population density
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