Yet in the same region, there is a place called Cowtown, where genuine cowboys saddle up to genuine broncos to take the rides of their lives. And there's the Pine Barrens, whose million acres of lush, thick forests and pristine waterways make it the largest wilderness area east of the Mississippi River. It is there that you'll find a myriad of places where you can pitch a tent, or paddle a canoe. Hiking, camping and fishing opportunities abound. Take a closer look, and you'll find Chatsworth, which has the distinction of being one of the country's cranberry capitals.
History abounds here, too.
In a clearing in Wharton State Forest lies Batsto, a preserved bog-iron manufacturing village where, in Revolutionary War days, furnaces were stoked around the clock, making cannon shot for George Washington's Continental Army. North of Trenton, in Titusville, is where Washington crossed the Delaware River. Those with an appetite for the arts have to look no further than the Delaware River Region. In Camden, near the New Jersey State Aquarium is the Walt Whitman Center for the Arts, in a town Whitman once called home. And for fast-paced excitement, check out the thoroughbreds at Garden State Park in Cherry Hill.