Black River Wildlife Management Area

Black River Wildlife Management Area

Along the Patriots' Path/West Morris Greenway in the Black River WMA - Photo by Daniel Chazin Along the Patriots' Path/West Morris Greenway in the Black River WMA - Photo by Daniel Chazin
40.80164, -74.69671

The Patriots’ Path [white] follows four miles of the abandoned Chester Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, which closely parallels the Black River though the wildlife management area.

This 3,000-acre WMA encompasses river bottom, swampy woodland, freshwater marsh, fields and upland deciduous woods.  Woods roads cross the mixed hardwood forest with a heavy understory and an occasional pine plantation.  Some of the fields are filled with wildflowers and grasses, while others are still cultivated.  The area is well known for birding.

Park Acreage:

3078.00 acres

Municipality:

Chester

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Contact Information

Web Link:

NJ DEP, Div of Fish & Wildlife

Phone:

(609) 984-0547

Fees:

None

Dogs in park:

Dogs on leash

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