New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Parks and Forestry
Surface area
10.6 acres (43,000 m2)[8]
Average depth
5.5 feet (1.7 metres)[8]
Max. depth
7.3 feet (2.2 metres)[8]
Water volume
72,800 cubic metres (72,800,000 litres)[8]
Residence time
259 days[8]
Map of Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge, New JerseyCheesequake Creek
Cheesequake State Park is a 1,610-acre (2.52 sq mi) state park located in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the United States.
The New Jersey Legislature allocated $100,000 in 1937 to purchase property for the park. The state first acquired a 250-acre (100 ha) tract of farmland and a Civil War-era mansion from the Favier brothers in January 1938. Additional lands were acquired over the next two years, and the Civil Conservation Corps, part of the Works Progress Administration, helped develop the property. The park was opened in June 1940.[9][10][11] It is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry and is part of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route.
The name Cheesequake has been variously described as deriving from the Lenape words Cheseh-oh-ke ("upland"),[12]Chichequaas ("upland village"),[13] or Chiskhakink ("at the land that has been cleared").[14]
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^"CHEESEQUAKE STATE PARK OFFERS MUCH TO DO IN A SMALL PACKAGE". Hidden Gems of the State of New Jersey. NJDEP. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^"2013 – 2017 New Jersey Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan" (PDF). Green Acres Program. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^"Camping". Cheesequake State Park. NJDEP. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^"Trails". Cheesequake State Park. NJDEP. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^"Cheesequake State Park". MPA Global. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^ abcde"Middlesex County Water Quality Management Plan" (PDF). Total Maximum Daily Loads for Phosphorus To Address Nine Eutrophic Lakes in the Atlantic Coastal Water Region. US EPA. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^"A Century of Forest Stewardship in New Jersey, 1905 - 2005," by Kevin Wright, p 52, 2005, accessed December 31, 2010
^Matawan Journal, 27 January 1938, p 1, "Purchase Land For Cheesequake Park"[permanent dead link], accessed December 31, 2010
^"The Civilian Conservation Corps: A Legacy Lives On In New Jersey's State Parks", DEP Focus, Fall 2008, Vol 1,Issue 2, p 1, published by the NJ Dept of Environmental Protection, accessed December 31, 2010
^CHEESEQUAKE STATE PARK, accessed November 17, 2006
^Cheesequake State Park: Cheesequake Cedar Swamp Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 17, 2006
^"At the land that has been Cleared - Cheesequake, NJ". The Lenape Talking Dictionary. Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
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