Batsto Village

This is one of my favorite places EVER!! This place has EVERYTHING!! Nature trails through some of the most unique habitat on the planet. There are MANY buildings preserved from antiquity. Pic is of the mansion. Varied habitats, too, e.g grasslands and lake shore.

The place is VERY romantic, too. I call it "The Crown Jewel of the Pine Barrens!! Go see it!!

This place is so beautiful and so cute! Definitely recommend exploring in the fall with family or friends. Cute photo and learning spot. Lots to learn and walk around to capture visual learning. I learned a lot going there, exploring the life of what it used to be like living in the village. They have very clean public restrooms available. Free to walk into the houses that are open and places that say “open” on the side.

NJ has done a great job preserving their history. Batsto is a great place to go and see what NJ was like during the 18th century. Many of the buildings have staff that can explain the history of this site. They have some great hiking trails and a canoe launch if you want to get out on the lake. A great place to spend an afternoon.

This is a great place to visit. It’s a bit out of the way but worth the drive. Located in the beautiful Wharton State Forest in the Pine Barrens. From the historic buildings to the great hiking and biking trails you can spend a day without paying anything.

We went there to take a 4 mile hike on the Batsto Lake White Trail which is an easy and beautiful trail. The Batona Trail which is 26.5 miles long runs through the park. There are also shorter trails. There are also mountain biking trails from .8 miles to 19.3 miles.

There is a large parking lot and a second dirt parking lot just north on Hammonton Road which is where we parked. The main bathrooms were closed for renovation so there were porta potties in the parking lot which were clean and had hand sanitizer in them. There are also 4 EV chargers (2 stations of 2 chargers). Two cars were charging. Nice to be able to charge while visiting this park.

Benches and picnic tables are located in a couple of areas including one covered pavilion with picnic tables. There are no playgrounds. Dogs on leashes are allowed.

There is an environmental center, visitor center and general store which we didn’t visit. Walking through the historic buildings is one of the highlights of this park. A few buildings were set up as it would have been in 1766 when the village was founded and included signage telling the story of living and working at the iron works.

We will visit it again to hike other trails both inside and outside the park.

Very nice historical village. It's a good walk around old American history. When I went they gave out samples of their red maple syrup you can see being tapped through winter. It's a great place to bring your family.