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High Point State Park

High Point State Park is an outdoor activity in Sussex, NJ, part of the New York City guide. Cost: under $25. Day-use entrance fees charged Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.

1480 State Route 23 · Sussex, NJ

Why you should go…

High Point State Park covers more than 15,000 acres of the Kittatinny Mountains and holds the highest point in New Jersey, at 1,803 feet. A 220-foot granite obelisk built between 1928 and 1930 to honor war veterans crowns the summit, with views toward the Poconos and the Catskills. You can hike a stretch of the Appalachian Trail, swim at spring-fed Lake Marcia in summer, camp, fish, or cross-country ski in winter.

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