Head For The Hills

Here's where you'll find some of our favorite Jersey sledding hills. Grab your sled and hit the hills.

Posted November 15, 2011 by Dervela O'Brien

Sledders, from left: Maiken Gehsmann, Brenna Reilly, Tara O'Neill, Louise Gehsmann and Tessa Reilly, all of Morristown, enjoy a snowy slope at Villa Walsh Academy in Morristown.

AP Photo/Daily Record.

Benjamin F. Zhou and his daughter Olivia, from Roselle Park at Holmdel Park.

Photo by Marc Steiner/Agency New Jersey.

Along with building a snowman, sledding remains the most basic—and perhaps most beloved—of winter activities. Whether you opt for a traditional Flexible Flyer or a more contemporary plastic disc, sledding brings out the kid in all of us. Here’s where you’ll find some of our favorite Jersey sledding hills:

❄ Allamuchy Mountain State Park
800 Willow Grove Street, Hackettstown; 908-852-3790

❄ Atkins Glen Park
Freemont Avenue, Park Ridge
201-573-1800

❄ Cheesequake State Park
300 Gordon Road,
Matawan; 732-566-2161

❄ Chubb Park
Route 24, Chester; 908-879-5100

❄ Duke Island Park
Old York Road, Bridgewater
908-722-7779

❄ Echo Lake Park
1165 Globe Avenue, Mountainside;
908-527-4900

❄ Floods Hill
Meadowbrook Lane, South Orange
973-378-7754

❄ Fort Mott State Park
454 Fort Mott Road, Pennsville
856-935-3218

❄ Holmdel Park
44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel
732-946-9562

❄ Hopatcong State Park
Lakeside Boulevard, Landing
973-398-7010

❄ Lewis Morris County Park
270 Mendham Road, Morristown
973-267-4351

❄ Monmouth Battlefield State Park
16 Business Route 33, Manalapan
732-462-9616

❄ Ringwood State Park
1304 Sloatsburg Road, Ringwood;
973-962-7031

❄ Round Valley Recreation Area
Route 22 E, Annandale
908-236-6355

 ❄ Voorhees State Park
251 County Road, Glen Gardner
908-638-6969

Click here to return to the Winter Fun main page.

 

For more stories about: Winter Fun, snowboarding, snow tubing, skiing, recreation