Allamuchy Mountain State Park is located in Allamuchy Township and Byram Township in the Allamuchy Mountain region of

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. The park is operated and maintained by the

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. There are more than of unmarked trails in the northern section of Allamuchy, and of marked multi-use trails. The park is in the

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. The of mixed oak and hardwood forests and maintained fields of this natural area display various stages of

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. It is situated on the

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Waterloo Village

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has exhibits from many different time periods from a 400-year-old

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(Delaware) Native American village to a port along the once prosperous

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. The early 19th-century village contains a working mill with gristmills and sawmills, a general store, a blacksmith shop and restored houses.

Sussex Branch Trail

The Sussex Branch Trail, a

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on the former

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, has a trail head on Waterloo Road. It travels to Cranberry Lake.

Rutherfurd-Stuyvesant Estate

The Rutherfurd-Stuyvesant Estate dates back to the 1700s and featured a large mansion and many outbuildings. By the mid 20th century, the mansion had burned down and the remaining buildings were in very poor condition. In the 1960s, the estate was purchased by the State to build route 80, which divided sections of the estate with an eight-lane highway. In the 1970s, the Allamuchy Mountain land became part of Allamuchy Mountain State Park. Tranquillity Farms, on the other side of the highway, remains a privately operated commercial farm. Locally, the ruins of the Rutherfurd-Stuyvesant Estate have become known as "Profanity House" because many of the buildings and ruins have been vandalized and covered in explicit and graphic graffiti. In recent years, the estate has suffered from arson damage.

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External links

NY-NJ Trail Conference: Allamuchy Mountain State Park Trail Details and Info
{{Authority control State parks of New Jersey Parks in Sussex County, New Jersey Parks in Warren County, New Jersey Byram Township, New Jersey

Waterloo Village

Sussex Branch Trail

Rutherfurd-Stuyvesant Estate

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