New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route
This auto-trail stretches nearly 300 miles along New Jersey’s shore and bays. Travel through the Trail’s five regions and the nation’s oldest operating lighthouse; the town where revolutionaries burned British tea; and the state’s official tall ship. Visitors tend to explore New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route by region: Sandy Hook Region is the northern most and is approximately 40 miles long; Barnegat Bay Region is near the center of New Jersey's Atlantic seaboard and is about 45 miles long; Absecon Region includes Atlantic City and Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge and is 20 miles long; Cape May Region is approximately 40 miles long and includes lighthouses, bird refuges, and the historic town of Cape May; and, Delsea Region is the most remote with over 60 miles of wetlands, history, and migratory bird stop-over points.
| Other Historic sites in this state by Type | ||
|---|---|---|
| Archaeological | Buildings, Historic | Districts, Historic |
| Farms & Ranches | Forts & Military | Homes, Historic |
| Lighthouses | Living History | Museums |
| Navy Ships | Parks | Plantations |
| Records & Research | Ships, Historic | Trails |
American Heritage is proud to host the
National Portal to
Historic Collections
Recently added:
- American Revolution Center
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
In association with the
American Association for State and Local History
Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
