Wells Mills County Park

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Park Overview:

A large county park in the Pine Barrens, with a lake and multiple blazed trails within its boundaries.
Trail Uses:Hiking, Mountain biking, Handicapped
Dogs:
Trail Miles:15 miles
Park Acreage:910 acres
City/County/
State:		Ocean Township/Ocean/NJ
Park Description:

The land in what is now Wells Mills County Park has had an economically productive past. The abundance of Atlantic white cedar on the property prompted James Wells, in the latter part of the eighteenth century, to build a sawmill and dam Oyster Creek for water power. The largest park in the Ocean County park system, it offers a nature center, observation deck, canoe rental, and fishing on the mill pond.

 

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Trails Overview:

Fifteen miles of marked trails lead visitors through pine-oak forests, Atlantic white cedar swamps, freshwater bogs, and maple gum swamps.  The 8.4-mile Penns Hill Trail [white] circles the park, and several short trials are designated for tree identification, nature study, and the visually impaired.

 

Mountain bikes are permitted only on a 3.2-mile yellow-blazed trail designated for that use.  A portion of three co-aligned trails leads briefly into an adjacent Boy Scouts amp, and users are asked to stay on the trail.

A trail map is available on the park's web site and at the information kiosk and the visitors center.

 
Directions:

From northern New Jersey, take Exit 67 of the Garden State Parkway and go west on West Bay Avenue [County 554] for about five miles to NJ 72.  Stay on NJ 72 West briefly and make the next right turn onto Wells Mill Road [County 532].  The park is on the right in 3.8 miles.

 

From southern New Jersey, take Exit 69 of the Garden State Parkway, proceed west on Wells Mill Road [County 532] and continue for 2.5 miles to the park entrance on the left.  

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Contact Information:Ocean County, Department of Parks and Recreation
609-971-3085
Region:Pinelands
Fees:None