Jackson Township (New Jersey)

Jackson Township is a town of 60,000 people (2022) in Ocean County (New Jersey). Jackson is the site of Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor theme parks. This article also covers Plumsted Township, a community of about 8,000 people to the west of Jackson.

Get in
Interstate 195 is the major artery that travels through the northern section of Jackson, and provides a vital link to the New Jersey Turnpike, the Garden State Parkway, and other arteries. I-195 Exit 16 will place you on Ocean County Route 537, and Exits 21 and 22 also are within Jackson.

New Jersey Transit and Academy Bus offers limited bus service to Jackson Township.

The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Trenton Mercer Airport. The nearest airports with international flights are Newark Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport.

Get around
Jackson and Plumsted are very spread out, so a car is by far the most viable way to get around.

Lakewood Road/Bennett Mills Road crosses Plumsted and Jackson townships from west to east.

See

 * Rova Farms, a Russian resort in the Cassville section of Jackson.
 * Fish Road, an ancient Native American route to the Atlantic Ocean.
 * The Clayton burial ground in the Brookwood I section of Jackson.
 * The Clayton burial ground in the Brookwood I section of Jackson.

Do

 * Camping
 * Canoeing
 * Fishing
 * Cycling

Eat
Jackson is not known for fine dining. Your best bet is either the Cassville Tavern or some pizza parlor. They're all rather good. If it's kosher you crave, then go to Lakewood, one town east of Jackson.

Sleep
Jackson is nice enough, but it offers not one place for sleeping, unless you enjoy the great outdoors. The nearest towns aren't great. Unless you have friends to stay with, your best bet would be a brand name hotel in Point Pleasant, Freehold, or Toms River. If money is no object then either check into the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank, take a room in Princeton, Summit, or New York City, or rent a house in Spring Lake or Bay Head.

Go next

 * Freehold
 * Princeton
 * Jersey Shore