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New Jersey

New Jersey packs unusually varied driving terrain into a compact area, from wooded ridges and rolling Highlands in the northwest to tidal rivers, farmland, pine forest, and coastal lowlands farther south. Scenic routes range from narrow rural roads and river corridors to cliff-top parkways and long, quiet byway sections through the Pinelands.

Driving Roads in New Jersey

Explore scenic and exciting driving roads across New Jersey.

Bayshore Heritage Byway

United States

19 /100

196 kmUS

Delaware River Scenic Byway

United States

14 /100

53 kmUS

Millstone Valley Scenic Byway

Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway

United States

23 /100

40 kmUS

Warren Heritage Scenic Byway

United States

6 /100

31 kmUS

Driving in New Jersey

The strongest concentration of winding and elevated roads is in northwestern New Jersey, where the Kittatinny Ridge and New Jersey Highlands create forested climbs, ridgelines, lakes, and rolling countryside around Sussex, Warren, and Passaic counties. The Western Highlands and Warren Heritage scenic byways illustrate this terrain, while the Palisades Interstate Parkway follows the Hudson River cliffs in the northeast. Along the Delaware River, Route 29 forms the core of the Delaware River Scenic Byway, linking riverside towns, wooded slopes, canal landscapes, and farmland between Trenton and Frenchtown. Central New Jersey offers gentler historic-road driving in the Millstone Valley. Farther south, roads become flatter and more open, with the Pine Barrens Byway crossing extensive pine forest, wetlands, and river corridors, while Delaware Bay and Atlantic coastal areas add marshes, shore landscapes, and rural back roads.