Best places: Tourist attractions in Sussex County

Vast forested preserve featuring hiking trails, campsites & water sports on the Delaware River.

Panoramic hilltop views, a lake for swimming, boating & fishing, plus hiking trails & a ski center.

👍👍 One of the highest points in New Jersey, at over 1800 feet above sea level, this was a joy to view the horizon from. Most people come in cars, motorcycles, etc. It is fairly easy to reach as long as the travel is well planned out. On the way up, there are some rocks escalating with the surface level...

Underground tours of an old mine with fluorescent minerals, plus displays of machinery & a museum.

A lake, woodland hills, mountains & 60+ miles of trails allow for year-round outdoor recreation.

Featuring a restored 19th-century village, this park offers multi-use trails, fishing & boating.

Waterfall with a wooden stairway & interpretive displays plus a trail for hiking & bird-watching.

Sprawling park with trails for hiking & mountain biking, plus fishing, boating & mountain climbing.

Wildlife habitat known for its diversity of birds with hunting, fishing, trails & learning programs.

👍👍 Great place to do a quick hike with some of the best scenery in the state. Connected to the Appalachian. Spot has four lookout areas. One along the road, one in the parking area, one on the left before the pavilion and the pavilion itself. If you travel along the trail about a 1/2 mile there's anoth...

👍👍 What a beautiful and safe park. And... if you walk all the way around it it is 1.25 miles!

👍👍 This place is really great. The drinks are unique, delicious, and are never weak! The drink menu changes seasonally and there is always plenty to choose from. The prices are more than reasonable for what you get. They also have lots of outdoor seating, food trucks, live music, and games for the crow...

Old West theme park offering pony rides & a petting zoo, plus a train, stagecoach rides & mini-golf.

Museum, event space & park in a restored 19th-century town with historic buildings & canal exhibits.

👍👍 Beautiful park! Wantage does an amazing job keeping it maintained. People need to be more courteous when visiting. ALWAYS keep your dog leashed! Clean up after your dog! When your finished visiting take all your trash with you! Pretty simple.....

Science museum with exhibits spotlighting the geology & history of the area's zinc mines.

Family-run zoo with hands-on areas plus early American & antique car exhibits. Closed Nov.-April.

🫤 Very disappointing this year. We had a good experience a year ago. We just went there today and was completely disappointed. There were so few sunflowers that bloomed that it was sad AND that it looked like they should've stayed closed. It didn't even appear that the maze had been carved out. The...

👍👍 We were looking at some early fall activities and saw that Heaven Hill offered some nice options. Their website was very informative and they received constistently great online reviews over the past few years. While I was skeptical at first due to the prices (tickets are $15-22 online depending on...

👍👍 A ginormous park with over 12 fields, a playground and other amenities well-maintained by Sparta's Park Maintenance. I found this park by chance after visiting the abandoned, turned Sparta Train Station Museum. I drove around the corner and noticed the three parking lot areas and folks walking; whic...