Jenny Jump State Forest

Jenny Jump State Forest
View of Jenny Jump Mountain and Jenny Jump State Forest from Hope Road near Great Meadows
Jenny Jump State Forest is located in New Jersey
Jenny Jump State Forest
Location in New Jersey
Jenny Jump State Forest is located in the United States
Jenny Jump State Forest
Location in United States
LocationWarren County, New Jersey
Coordinates40°55′19.3″N 74°55′32.1″W / 40.922028°N 74.925583°W / 40.922028; -74.925583[1]
Area4,466 acres (18.07 km2)
Opened1931
Administered byNew Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Jenny Jump State Forest is a state park in the U.S. state of New Jersey operated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Parks and Forestry. It is located in northern Warren County in the northwestern section of New Jersey, on the 1,112-foot (339 m) high, 6-mile (10 km) long Jenny Jump Mountain ridge.

The park has extensive hiking trails on the mountainside, featuring large glacial boulders and outcroppings from the Wisconsin glaciation approximately 21,000 years ago.

It is said that the park was named after a girl named Jenny, who jumped to her death on Jenny Jump Mountain, while being chased by a Native American.[2][better source needed]