Old Beach Glen, Denville, NJ 07834
(For driving / GPS address)Please be informed that bow hunting is taking place in this park in accordance with the Park Commission’s White-tailed Deer Management Program. The park will remain open during this Program. Please use caution and stay on blazed trails. More information, including the hunt schedule and hunting map, can be found on our website (Click here). Contact (973) 326-7600 with additional questions.
Hours of Operation / Fall and Winter Activities / History / No Smoking Policy
Hiking and wildlife viewing are the favorite fall activities at this facility. When the snow falls, you can enjoy the brisk winter weather by cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
History:
During the Revolutionary War, from mid-November through January 1780, food was scarce for George Washington’s Continental Army residing in the area. While most settlers in nearby farms generously contributed New Jersey’s required quota for troop food and supplies, they needed to feed their own families as well. To avoid the marauding troops, local farmers resorted to removing their livestock from farmyard view, and hid them out of sight in the Hogpen, keeping the animals safe from the pilfering and plundering soldiers.
According to Jean Ricker, a local historian, “Indian Jonathan, who made his first recorded appearance in Munsell’s 1882 History of Morris County, and for whom the adjoining woods are named, sometimes wintered in the creamery of the James Miller house still standing at the intersection of Valley and Rockaway Valley Roads.” Another legend mentions that four Hessian soldiers were imprisoned here during the Revolutionary War.
Hours of Operation:
Jonathan’s Woods is open daily Sunrise to Sunset throughout the year.
No Smoking Policy
The Morris County Park Commission has recently announced a No Smoking Policy banning all smoking including burning of, inhaling from, exhaling the smoke from or the possession of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other matter of substance which contains tobacco or any other matter that can be smoked, or the inhaling or exhaling of smoke or vapor from an electronic smoking device. CLICK HERE for more details. Thank you for your continued support!
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GPS Address: Old Beach Glen, Denville, NJ 07834