Turkey Swamp Park — Attraction in Freehold Township

Turkey Swamp campground is one of the better of the campgrounds in the area. Though they do offer a handful of activities theres not a whole lot within the grounds to do if you're looking for a feel like the resort campgrounds give with pools and game areas and the little stores, it is much quieter here. They do offer paddle boats and conoes/row boats, and it is my understanding that they do allow you to bring your own. They allow catch and release fishing and have an enormous trail run with workout stations and a couple of picnic areas. Sometimes you will see horses on the trails as well with their riders. Very nice trail that can be walked or biked. They have their park rules, but generally do not bother you as long as you are respectful. All camp sites have water but no sewer. They provide a dump station free to use for registered campers, and for a charge for non registered visitors. Most of the rangers are very nice, there are 1 or 2 that always have their grumpy pants on, but otherwise generally nice staff. There are 2 play grounds and they have bathroom and shower amenities. All camper sites are put through which is extremely convenient and though the roads seem narrow they are actually decent size and we've never had a problem with our 28 foot camper. Very nice campground, we've been...

We liked this park a lot. The bathrooms were clean and showers were hot with good water pressure. We hiked every trail in this park and all were easy however they were not very well maintained. It had rained and there were lots of deep puddles and mud through out the park. The trees and weeds were over grown and made walking difficult on the pathways. We spoke to a local person and he said none of the trails were ever covered with mulch or other ground cover to help with the mud problem. We saw an area with piles of sawdust that could have been used to cover the mud on the trails. That said, we did enjoy Alder, Old Lenape and the Link Trails. We were also able to ride our bikes on all the roads throughout the park. The boardwalk at the lake was beautiful and we had fun renting a paddle boat. One problem: all the sites are pull thrus and the roads are one way, so if your site is on the wrong side of the road your hookups are on the wrong side of your rig and your door opens onto the street not into your campsite. It was really crazy, so most people just ignored the rules and drove anyway they wanted. It must happen all the time because the staff totally ignored it...

Turkey Swamp Park is over 2,000 acres that was developed with campers in mind. In the Family Camping area, there are 64 wooded family campsites and in the Group Camping area there are 6 campsites that can accommodate about 40 people per campsite. You can reserve an area for a group party or picnic. There is a beautiful 17 acre lake for fishing, boating and ice skating during the winter when safe skating signs are posted. You can rent canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddle boats during the summer months. The park has easy, moderate and fitness trails with exercise stations. There are some parts of the trail that have very high grass even on the center of the path. I had to turn around a few times and go back the way I came to avoid the high grass. At the end, it also happened that I was too far in the trail and had to go through the high grass and the ticks took advantage of this. Fun Fact: The park was named Turkey after a nearby town and the town has since changed its name to Adelphia. The Swamp name came about because the thick forest with its high water table forms bogs wherever...