Things to Do in Morristown

• Acorn Hall

  Landmarks · $6 adults, $5 seniors

  An 1853 Italianate Villa in Morristown with original 19th-century interiors, operated as a house museum by the Morris County Historical Society.

• Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center

  Parks · Free

  A Morris County Park Commission education center on the former Merchiston Farm estate, with formal gardens, woodlands, and trails connecting to Willowwood Arboretum.

• Burnham Park

  Parks · Free; pool has separate fees and a resident pass

  A municipal park on the west side of downtown Morristown with Pocahontas Lake, the Burnham Pool, ball fields, picnic areas, and a paved loop path.

• Cooper Gristmill

  Historic Sites · $5 mill tour, free under age 6; grounds free

  A restored 1826 water-powered gristmill on the Black River, run by the Morris County Park Commission with grinding demonstrations on summer weekends.

• Environmental Education Center at Lord Stirling Park

  Parks · Free

  A Somerset County park and education center on the northern edge of the Great Swamp, with about nine miles of flat trails and roughly three miles of boardwalk over wetlands.

• Fort Nonsense

  Historic Sites · Free

  A National Park Service hilltop site preserving earthwork remnants of the 1777 fortification George Washington ordered to guard Morristown.

• Fosterfields Living Historical Farm

  Museums · $5, free under age 4

  A 200-plus-acre living-history farm run by the Morris County Park Commission, depicting Gilded Age to early-twentieth-century rural life around the 1854 Gothic Revival mansion 'The Willows.'

• Grace Lord Park

  Parks · Free

  A small Boonton town park along the Rockaway River centered on 36-foot Boonton Falls and the stone remnants of the 1830s Boonton Ironworks.

• Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

  Parks · Free

  A 7,800-acre federal wildlife refuge in Morris and Somerset counties with boardwalks, observation blinds, and 13 miles of trails through marsh, hardwood swamp, and grassland.

• Hacklebarney State Park

  Parks · Free

  An 1,186-acre New Jersey state park west of Morristown known for its boulder-strewn Black River gorge, small waterfalls, and hiking-only trail network.

• Historic Speedwell

  Historic Sites · $5, free under age 6

  The Vail family ironworks estate where Samuel F. B. Morse and Alfred Vail publicly demonstrated the telegraph; now a Morris County Park Commission historic site.

• Jockey Hollow at Morristown National Historical Park

  Historic Sites · Free

  The 1,200-acre Continental Army winter encampment site of 1779 to 1780, with a visitor center, reconstructed soldier huts, the 18th-century Wick House, and roughly 25 miles of hiking trails.

• Lewis Morris County Park

  Parks · Free; Sunrise Lake beach has seasonal fees

  The flagship Morris County park west of Morristown, adjoining Jockey Hollow, with hiking, mountain biking, swimming, camping, and disc golf.

• Loantaka Brook Reservation

  Parks · Free

  A 750-plus-acre linear reservation with paved multi-use paths winding through Morris Township, Chatham Township, Madison, and Harding.

• Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

  Museums · $10 adult, $8 senior/student, $5 ages 6–12, free under 5 and members; gardens free

  An 1810 brick Federal-era home in downtown Morristown with American decorative arts, walled gardens, and the country's largest public collection of cartoonist Thomas Nast's original drawings.

• Mahlon Dickerson Reservation

  Parks · Free; camping fees apply

  A 3,500-plus-acre Morris County Park Commission reservation in Jefferson Township with 27 miles of multi-use trails, the county's highest elevation, and a Lake Hopatcong overlook.

• Mayo Performing Arts Center

  Attractions · Varies by show

  A nonprofit performing arts center in a restored 1937 movie palace on South Street, with touring Broadway, national concert acts, comedians, and the New Jersey Symphony.

• Morris Museum

  Museums · $12 adult, $8 senior/student/ages 3–17, free under 2 and for members

  Smithsonian-affiliated museum on the former Twin Oaks estate in Morris Township with art, science, history, and the country's largest collection of automata.

• Morristown & Morris Township Library

  Landmarks · Free

  The Morristown and Morris Township Joint Free Public Library on South Street, a regional resource with a strong local history collection and the North Jersey History Center.

• Patriots' Path

  Parks · Free

  The Morris County Park Commission's flagship regional trail, a connected network of paved, gravel, and dirt segments linking Morristown's parks, historic sites, and downtown.

• Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area

  Parks · Free

  A Morris County Park Commission property in Boonton and Kinnelon with rugged hiking, the famous Tripod Rock balanced boulder, and visible Native American history.

• Schuyler-Hamilton House

  Historic Sites · $5 adult, $2.50 child

  The 1760 home of army surgeon Dr. Jabez Campfield, where Alexander Hamilton courted Elizabeth 'Betsy' Schuyler during the 1779 to 1780 Continental Army winter encampment.

• Speedwell Lake Park

  Parks · Free

  A Morris County park along Speedwell Lake with a paved loop path, picnic groves, and access to the Patriots' Path.

• The Frelinghuysen Arboretum

  Parks · Free

  The headquarters arboretum of the Morris County Park Commission, with formal gardens, an arboretum collection, woodland trails, and the 1891 Whippany Farm mansion.

• The Morristown Green

  Parks · Free

  The 2.5-acre central park at the heart of historic downtown Morristown, set aside as a colonial commons in 1715 and the site of Revolutionary War monuments and the annual town Christmas tree.

• The Seeing Eye

  Landmarks · Free educational programs (reservation required); campus not open to walk-ins

  The 62-acre Washington Valley campus of the world's first guide-dog training school for the blind; campus is private, but the school runs free reservable education programs.

• The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms

  Museums · $10 adults, $7 seniors and students, $4 children; active-duty military free

  The 1911 hewn-chestnut Log House that designer Gustav Stickley built as the heart of his Craftsman Farms estate, now a National Historic Landmark and house museum.

• Tourne County Park

  Parks · Free

  A Morris County Park Commission property northwest of Morristown with 545 acres of glaciated terrain, the Wildflower Trail, and views from the summit.

• Vail Mansion

  Landmarks · Exterior viewing free; interior is private (condos and restaurants)

  A 1916 to 1920 Italian Renaissance Revival mansion built for AT&T president Theodore Vail, now a mixed-use landmark housing Jockey Hollow Bar + Kitchen.

• Washington's Headquarters and Ford Mansion

  Historic Sites · Free

  The 1774 Ford Mansion served as Washington's headquarters during the brutal 1779 to 1780 winter encampment; the adjacent NPS museum and library interpret the period.

• Whippany Railway Museum

  Museums · Modest fee; excursion trains priced separately

  An all-volunteer railway museum at the 1904 Whippany freight depot, preserving New Jersey rolling stock and running occasional excursion trains.

• Willowwood Arboretum

  Parks · Free

  A Morris County Park Commission arboretum with more than 2,100 plant species on the former farm of plant-collecting brothers Henry and Robert Tubbs.

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