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Outdoors

Outdoors near Princeton

31 national forests, lakes, parks and campgrounds within reach, by activity.

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Hiking

18 places · closest 17 mi

Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River, Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and more

Best: March–June, September–November

Camping

10 places · closest 17 mi

Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River, Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook and more

Best: March–June, August–November

Fishing

16 places · closest 17 mi

Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River, Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook and more

Boating & paddling

17 places · closest 17 mi

Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River, Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook and more

Best: May–October

Biking

16 places · closest 36 mi

Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook, Camp Gateway - Staten Island and more

Best: March–June, August–November

Picnic spots

15 places · closest 17 mi

Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River, Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook and more

Best: April–October

Wildlife & birding

14 places · closest 26 mi

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook and more

Swimming

6 places · closest 36 mi

Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook, National Parks of New York Harbor and more

Best: June–September

Natural places near Princeton

Beaches

30 within 37 mi · closest 21.6 mi

Hooks Creek Lake Beach, Turkey Swamp Park and more

Waterfalls

5 within 37 mi · closest 10.5 mi

Gold Run, Scudders Falls and more

Lakes

30 within 30 mi · closest 1.9 mi

Lake Carnegie, Rosedale Lake and more

Scenic viewpoints

16 within 37 mi · closest 4.8 mi

Sunset Views, Scenic Overlook - Delaware River and more

Caves

4 within 75 mi · closest 36.1 mi

Gorgas Cave, Lost River Caverns and more

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Around Princeton

Colonel John Haslet memorial, Princeton, NJ, Dec. 2024
Colonel John Haslet memorial, Princeton, NJ, Dec. 2024Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact m · CC BY-SA 4.0
View northeast down Lake Carnegie from the bridge for Mercer County Route 629 (Harrison Street) on the border of Princeton
2023-09-27 14 16 39 View northeast down Lake Carnegie from the bridge for Mercer County Route 629 (Harrison Street) on the border of Princeton and West Windsor Township in Mercer County, New JerseyFamartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
View south up the Millstone River from the Old Lincoln Highway Bridge on the border of Princeton, Mercer County and South
2023-10-01 16 09 30 View south up the Millstone River from the Old Lincoln Highway Bridge on the border of Princeton, Mercer County and South Brunswick Township, Middlesex County in New JerseyFamartin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Closer to home

Places come from Recreation.gov’s federal recreation database; distances are straight-line miles from downtown.

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