Island Beach State Park is a New Jersey state park located just south of Seaside Park, New Jersey. The park is a nine-mile long stretch of nearly untouched barrier island. There are a few buildings in the park as well as a road that runs the whole length of the slender island. However, the land in the park remains largely in the state that all barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of North America were in before their development in the 19th and 20th centuries. The park represents the largest reserve of such unmodified barrier island in New Jersey. Coming in from the sea-front, a visitor ascends over a large primary dune covered in tall grasses and down into a narrow maritime forest, consisting of many tall bushes and short trees including holly, goldenrod and black cherry. Moving towards the bay side, one finds reeds and a muddy estuary that is home to blue crabs, herons and other marine birds. Visitors may swim, kayak and fish. For a fee, four wheel drive vehicles are allowed onto the beach. The entrance fee the day after Labor Day to the Friday before Memorial Day is $5.00, and otherwise, admission costs $6 on weekdays and $10 on weekends and a seasonal pass may be purchased for $50. This is a list of state parks and forests in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... Seaside Park is a borough located in Ocean County, New Jersey. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Species Ilex ambigua- Sand Holly Ilex amelanchier- Swamp Holly Ilex aquifolium- European Holly Ilex bioritsensis Ilex buergeri Ilex canariensis- Small-leaved Holly Ilex cassine- Dahoon Holly Ilex centrochinensis Ilex ciliospinosa Ilex colchica Ilex collina Ilex corallina Ilex coriacea Ilex cornuta- Chinese Holly Ilex crenata- Japanese Holly Ilex cyrtura Ilex decidua... Species See text The goldenrod is a flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae. ... Black Cherry may refer to: Prunus serotina, a species of Bird cherry. ... Binomial name Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 The blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) is a crustacean found in the waters off the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. ... Heron (disambiguation) Genera Ardea Zebrilus Philherodias Tigrisoma Ardeola Bubulcus Egretta Agamia Butorides Tigriornis Tigrisoma Gorsachius Syrigma Zonerodius Nycticorax see also: Bittern Herons are medium to large long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae, which also includes the egrets and bitterns. ...
Shaped by storm and tides, IslandBeachStatePark is a narrow barrier island stretching for 10 miles between the restless Atlantic Ocean and the historic Barnegat Bay.
IslandBeach is one of New Jersey's last significant remnants of a barrier island ecosystem that once existed along much of the coast and is also one of the few remaining undeveloped barrier beaches on the north Atlantic coast.
IslandBeach is nationally known as a unique resource with over 400 plants identified, including the largest expanses of beach heather in New Jersey.
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