The Best in Tent Camping: New Jersey: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos [Paperback]

Marie Javins (Author)

Book Description

Series: Best in Tent Camping | Publication Date: May 1, 2005

From the northern reaches of Stokes State Forest to the Atlantic coastal islands, camping in New Jersey has never been better. The Best in Tent Camping: New Jersey is a guidebook for tent campers who like quiet, scenic, and serene campsites. It's the perfect resource if you blanch at the thought of pitching a tent on a concrete slab, trying to sleep through the blare of another camper's boombox, or waking to find your tent surrounded by a convoy of RVs. The Best in Tent Camping: New Jersey guides you to the quietest, most beautiful, most secure, and best managed campgrounds in the Garden State. Whether you are a New Jersey native in search of new territory or a vacationer on the lookout for that dream campground, this book unlocks the secrets to the best tent camping that New Jersey has to offer.

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From the Back Cover

If you subscribe to the opinion that televisions, Japanese lanterns, and electric guitars are not essential camping equipment, The Best in Tent Camping: New Jersey should be your constant companion.

Each campground profile includes:
Detailed campground maps
Key information such as fees, restrictions, and dates of operation
Driving directions to the campgrounds
Ratings for beauty, privacy, spaciousness, quiet, security, and cleanliness

From the northern reaches of Stokes State Forest to the Atlantic coastal islands, camping in New Jersey has never been better. The Best in Tent Camping: New Jersey is a guidebook for tent campers who like quiet, scenic, and serene campsites. It's the perfect resource if you blanch at the thought of pitching a tent on a concrete slab, trying to sleep through the blare of another camper's boombox, or waking to find your tent surrounded by a convoy of RVs.
The Best in Tent Camping: New Jersey guides you to the quietest, most beautiful, most secure, and best managed campgrounds in the Garden State.
Whether you are a New Jersey native in search of new territory or a vacationer on the lookout for that dream campground, this book unlocks the secrets to the best tent camping that New Jersey has to offer.

About the Author

An avid tent camper, New Jersey resident Marie Javins has trekked her way across the U.S., Africa, and New Zealand, tent camping all the way. She was an editor and colorist for Marvel Comics for 13 years, before taking up travel writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; 1st edition (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897325966
• ISBN-13: 978-0897325967
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #904,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #13 in Books > Travel > United States > States > New Jersey

More About the Author

Marie Javins spent 13 years coloring and editing for Marvel Comics before throwing it away to circumnavigate the world for www.MariesWorldTour.com in 2001.

In addition to the travel narrative Stalking the Wild Dik-Dik, she is the author of The Best In Tent Camping: New Jersey as well as the update author of the second edition of The Best In Tent Camping: Virginia.

Marie can say "thank you," "how much," and "drive me to the container terminal" in seven languages.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Family Fun and Wilderness Adventures in New Jersey, June 26, 2005

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Colinda "L.S.W." (Historic Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: New Jersey: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Paperback)

The Best in Tent Camping New Jersey is a thorough guide to non-RV camping in the Garden State. Like the other guides in the publishers Tent Camping series, it describes and rates 50 campgrounds, giving you both a handy summary of key information for each and an interesting narrative of background information.

Those of us who don't think of New Jersey as a nature-lovers destination will be pleasantly surprised to learn that the state has mountain wilderness, piney recreation areas, and even some quiet beaches. I was surprised to read that there is a bear overpopulation in New Jersey, and the book contains warnings for the campgrounds where this might be a problem.

Author Marie Javins writes with an appreciation of the environment and the state's history while at the same time recognizing that families might sometimes want urban touring or resort-style recreation. She explains which campgrounds offer a wilderness experience and which offer more hectic activities (or are convenient to theme parks). She also tells you where your dog is accepted - they are not allowed in state parks.

The book is easy to read and even has some enjoyable humor.
Although billed as a guide for "car campers" this book is also for people camping by canoe or bicycle. Hikers and RV campers might also find it helpful since few outdoor guidebooks for New Jersey are as comprehensive as this one.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars camping is fun!, May 12, 2007

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S. Intemann "Only You" (Northern New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: New Jersey: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Paperback)

This book points out all the good and bad that goes along with numerous campsites in NJ. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to get away from it all whether it means parking your car right next to your campsite, or hiking about if you are in need of more seclusion.

5.0 out of 5 stars great book, September 19, 2011

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Andrew (Chadds Ford, PA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: New Jersey: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Paperback)

Not many resources like this for the tent camper. Helps you avoid the tent city camping experience. Great book and reference!