List of National Natural Landmarks in New Jersey information
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From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in New Jersey. There are 11 in total, many of them are related to the glacial geology, especially the Wisconsin Glacier and the Glacial Lake Passaic that it created over a large portion of northern New Jersey.
Garret Mountain
Great Falls
Great Swamp
Hutcheson Memorial Forest
Manahawkin Bottomland Hardwood Forest
Moggy Hollow Natural Area
Pigeon Swamp
Riker Hill Fossil Site
Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary
Sunfish Pond
Palisades
Troy Meadows
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The Great Falls of the Passaic River and a later expansion including Garret Mountain help demonstrate how jointed basaltic lava flow shaped the geology of the area during the Early Mesozoic era through both extrusion and intrusion
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Great Swamp
May 1966
Green Village 40°42′30″N74°28′00″W / 40.708333°N 74.466667°W / 40.708333; -74.466667 (Great Swamp)
Morris and Somerset
federal
The remnant of the bottom of Glacial Lake Passaic which was formed by the melting waters of the retreating Wisconsin Glacier at the end of the last ice age. Established in 1960 as a National Wildlife Refuge now covering 7,600 acres (31 km2), it gained landmark status in 1966, and in 1968 became the first formally designated wilderness refuge in the United States.
A 965 acres (391 ha)[1] wildlife management area known for its mature bottomland hardwood forest which contains examples of American sweetgum, red maple and black gum trees.
This narrow ravine is where Glacial Lake Passaic, pushed by the Wisconsin Glacier found an outlet, draining to the Raritan river. It remains today a nature preserve and an example of glacial geography.
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Palisades of the Hudson
June 1983
Fort Lee to Rockleigh40°57′52″N73°54′31″W / 40.964507°N 73.908591°W / 40.964507; -73.908591 (Palisades of the Hudson)
Bergen
state
Listed in New York, this dramatic geologic ridge runs along the Hudson River
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Pigeon Swamp
December 1976
South Brunswick 40°23′13″N74°28′26″W / 40.386893°N 74.473829°W / 40.386893; -74.473829 (Pigeon Swamp State Park)
Middlesex
mixed- state, private
An undeveloped state park, it holds a mix of upland and lowland hardwood forests. It was a major nesting site for passenger pigeons before they became extinct.
A 21.5-acre (8.7 ha) bird sanctuary and nature preserve which used to host annually returning herons and egrets for nesting season until they started disappearing in the late 1990s.
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Sunfish Pond
January 1970
Columbia 41°00′11″N75°04′23″W / 41.003043°N 75.073099°W / 41.003043; -75.073099 (Sunfish Pond)
Warren
state
This glacial pond is a favorite hiking destination in Worthington State Forest, adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas mentioned the pond in his dissenting opinion in the Sierra Club v. Morton case.
A 500 acres (200 ha) nature preserve which includes a 65 acres (26 ha) virgin old growth forest. It's jointly managed by Rutgers University and the Nature Conservancy.
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