(Gateway Region • Newark • Jersey City • Paterson • Morristown • Sussex)
Jersey City & Newark
Liberty State Park & Central Railroad of NJ Terminal — Gateway to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island Immigration Museum — Landmark of America’s immigrant story
Newark Museum of Art — New Jersey’s largest museum, founded in 1909
Liberty Hall Museum (Union) — Colonial estate tracing 250 years of American history
Paterson & Passaic County
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park — Industrial birthplace powered by the 77‑foot waterfall
Lambert Castle (Garret Mountain Reservation) — 1892 mansion overlooking the Passaic Valley
Silk City Historic District — Mill buildings that fueled America’s textile boom
Morristown & Somerset Highlands
Morristown National Historical Park — Washington’s winter headquarters during the Revolution
Ford Mansion – Washington’s Headquarters Museum — Preserved 18th‑century home and exhibits
Jockey Hollow Encampment Area — Trails through Continental Army campgrounds
Bergen & Sussex Counties
Fort Lee Historic Park — Revolutionary War overlook above the Hudson Palisades
Ringwood Manor — 19th‑century ironmaster estate and museum
Skylands Manor & NJ Botanical Garden — Tudor revival mansion amid formal gardens
High Point Monument (Sussex County) — Tower marking New Jersey’s highest elevation