New Jersey Day Trips: A Guide to Outings in New Jersey and Nearby Areas of New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, 10th edition [Paperback]

Barbara Hudgins (Author), Patrick Sarver (Contributor)

Book Description

Series: New Jersey Day Trips | Publication Date: February 20, 2004

Now in a revised and expanded 10th edition, New Jersey Day Trips offers a fascinating journey through hundreds of tourist attractions in all corners of the Garden State. Plus, it explores the most popular points just beyond the state's borders. Both comprehensive and practical, this new edition of the best-selling guidebook on New Jersey has added 100 new entries to its extensive list of destinations. You'll discover attractions easily by subject category, letting you zero in on places that appeal to you the most. Write-ups include descriptions, hours, location, price range, telephone numbers, and websites.

Stroll down the quaint streets of Lambertville or revel in the excitement of Atlantic City's casinos.
Journey back in time at Waterloo Village or explore Revolutionary War battlefields.
Canoe down the Delaware River or soar high above the countryside in a hot air balloon.
You'll find all these things and a lot more within the pages of this handy guidebook. Enjoy!

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Takes a different and welcome turn. It exemplifies the value of the personal touch -- The New York Times

About the Author

Barbara Hudgins was the sole author of the first nine editions of New Jersey Day Trips. She is a contributing travel writer for The Bernardsville News and other Recorder Newspapers, and her travel and humor articles have appeared in local and national newspapers and magazines. She lives in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.

Patrick Sarver is a former executive editor of New Jersey Monthly and of Rutgers Magazine. He has served as the editor of Vista/USA, the Exxon Travel Club magazine, where he was also a contributor to the Exxon Travel Guides. He is currently director of marketing at Picture Framing Magazine and resides in Bernardsville, New Jersey.

Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press; 10 Revised edition (February 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813533511
• ISBN-13: 978-0813533513
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,689,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still the best, August 6, 2004

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This review is from: New Jersey Day Trips: A Guide to Outings in New Jersey and Nearby Areas of New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, 10th edition (Paperback)

New format looks good for this old favorite. The 10th edition,published by Rutgers Univ. Press, may be a little milder in its view of NJ outings than previous editions, but the book still has a "voice". There are many new entries, quite a few of the short, factual variety so newcomers to the state should find plenty to do. Earlier editions had better cross-references and indexes, but this one has better driving directions and includes websites for almost all entries.
Out of state entries like th Crayola Factory or Hyde Park are now found at the end of each chapter, so once you get used to this you know where to find them. STill the best alll around guidebook to New Jersey.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trips by catagories and by county., February 15, 2009

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This review is from: New Jersey Day Trips: A Guide to Outings in New Jersey and Nearby Areas of New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware (Paperback)

I did not grow up in NJ. I bought 3 different day trips books for NJ, at the same time. This is by far, the best of the three because it indexes the trips by their county which is most valuable if you don't know your way around the state. Also important since your day trip will only be in one general area, and not spread across the state. It also lists the trips by category, such as museums, tours, outings, historic sites, etc. It does a good of job of giving relevant information, costs, hours of operation, etc. I'm not complaining but I wish it had a larger section on specialty shopping so I could find a place called Fazio's or some such. If you are a stranger to NJ, this is the book to get. The other titles lack a useful organization, needed by the new commer trip planner, me.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Day trips, March 17, 2008

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This review is from: New Jersey Day Trips: A Guide to Outings in New Jersey and Nearby Areas of New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware (Paperback)

Good book filled with interesting day trips not only in New Jersey but nearby states. I had purchased one about 10 years ago but needed a more current one.