Things to do in the area

Other things to do in and around Griggstown

Griggstown Farm Market

Griggstown Quail Farm and Farm Market makes delicious Chicken Pot Pies and offers a fantastic CSA program for families in New Jersey.

http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/

Blackwell’s Mills Canal House

Blackwells Mills Canal House was built around 1835, one of many dwellings erected for the men and women who operated the swinging bridges.

www.danddrcanal.com/friends_bwm.html

Griggstown Grassland Preserve – Hiking

The Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve is in the Stonybrook-Millstone watershed. The trail system in the Griggstown area covers 376 acres, but these trails connect to other trails that transverse the entire length of the 685 acre Ten Mile Run Greenway.

http://www.njaudubon.org./NativeGrasslandPreserve.aspx

Rockingham – George Washington’s Home

Also known as the Berrien Mansion, the original two rooms of the farmhouse were built about 1710. Enlarged into a grander home in the 1760’s by Judge John Berrien, the house is preserved and interpreted as the temporary residence of George and Martha Washington.

http://www.rockingham.net/index.html

6 Mile Run – Mountain Biking

Nestled in central New Jersey, the Six Mile Run Reservoir Site provides an essential area for the public to enjoy the splendor of nature. The 3,037 acres offers areas of land to hike, bike, horseback ride, bird watch and hunt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Mile_Run,_New_Jersey