Penns Grove

Penns Grove is in Salem County, in the Delaware River Region of New Jersey.

Carney's Point borders Penn's Grove on three sides and they are essentially the same town.

Get in

 * By automobile. When travelling up the west coast of New Jersey and your route does not take you directly from the Delaware Memorial Bridge onto the Turnpike or Interstate 295, traveling through Penn's Grove is almost a guarantee.
 * By bus.

See

 * Pitman Street - home of many Italian immigrants who came from the town of Valle San Giovanni in the Abruzzo Region of Italy.
 * The house where the TV and movie actor John Forsythe (born John Freund on 29 January 1918) was born.
 * The spot where Rome 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist and world record holder Don Bragg used do his pole vault training.
 * The Saint James Roman Catholic Church, 80 meters from the sewage processing plant and immediately adjacent to active railroad tracks. If you can convince the caretaker to let you in, you may be able to view a statue of the Madonna and Child, a replica of the statue found in the church, Madonna delle Grazie in Teramo (Abruzzo) Italy.

Do

 * Enjoy a walk down the Penns Grove Riverwalk, an almost-quarter-kilometer stroll along a faux brick and faux iron edifice that the town nevertheless struggled for years to fund.
 * Walk down to the old Willis Hardware Store, a fine example of abandoned early-20th century masonry.
 * Go to the fall luncheon held every year at DiPaolo's Italian Ristorante for the descendants, and their families, of immigrants from the small town of Valle San Giovanni in the Abruzzo Region of Italy. If you happen to be invited, of course.

Buy

 * Imported goods from Latin America at one of the town's three bodegas.

Drink

 * The town has three liquor stores.

Sleep

 * The nearest nightly lodgings are 6 km away in Pennsville, a drive of about 15 minutes.

Go next

 * Visit nearby Pennsville or Woodstown
 * Visit the nearby Cowtown Rodeo (you got that right!) five miles from the borough of Penns Grove.