Dear EscapeMakers - Only 1 hour away from NYC, Central Jersey not only offers a plethora of farms and fall festivals to visit but also a booming craft beverage scene! Unleash your inner bootlegger or farmer and hop on over the Hudson River for a quick and affordable getaway! Check out the new Central Jersey Canal Region Map to help you design your own Central Jersey craft beverage tour, including stops at Sourland Mountain Spirits, Ironbound Hard Cider, Harvest Moon Brewery, River Horse Brewery, and Triumph Brewing, Unionvilleand Old York Cellars, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, Working Dog Winery and Terhune Orchards & Winery! Overnight Packages from $139.00/night! Stay at the Chauncey Hotel, located less than 10 miles from the Terhune and Hopewell Valley wineries; Triumph and River Horse brewing; and from Sourland Spirits. The package includes overnight accommodations and breakfast for two, transportation to and from Terhune and $25 to spend there. Central Jersey October Fall Farm Festivals: Terhune Apple Days Fall Festivals Snyder's Farm Festival Suydam Farm Fall Fest Weekends Visit: DiscoverCentralNJ.com for more events, farms, restaurants, historic sites, arts and recreational opportunities!
Dear EscapeMakers – Only 1 hour away from NYC, Central Jersey not only offers a plethora of farms and fall festivals to visit but also a booming craft beverage scene! Unleash your inner bootlegger or farmer and hop on over the Hudson River for a quick and affordable getaway! Check out the new Central Jersey Canal Region Map to help you design your own Central Jersey craft beverage tour, including stops at Sourland Mountain Spirits,
Celebrate 'merica with blueberry picking at Central NJ Farms! Dear EscapeMakers -- Blueberry season is in full swing at Snyder's Farm in Somerset, NJ starting June 29th until they are all picked out! July 13th, visit for Blueberry U-Pick & Movie under the stars. Only a 5-minute cab from the Somerset NJ Transit train station (1 hour from NYC),just grab a friend, a basket and go! And on July 6-7th from 10am-5pm, Terhune Orchards in Princeton, NJ, hosts their annual Blueberry Bash, a great all-American event for kids, families and blueberry fans alike! Pick-Your-Own blueberries in their 2-acre patch and enjoy country music while you relax with a glass of their award-winning Rooster Red dark cherry wine or Farmhouse White chardonnay blend. Family entertainment includes a puppet show, tractor-drawn wagon rides, pony rides, face painting, games in the barnyard and visits with the sheep, goats, ducks and chickens! And when hunger strikes at Terhune, visit the Mount Family's Blueberry Bash Buffet, chock full of tasty blueberry treats – blueberry-apple crisp, blueberry drinks, blueberry muffins, blueberry cobbler, blueberry jam, blueberry salsa and more! You can even enter their juried Blueberry Bash Bake Off Contest for a $100 first prize farmstore certificate! Terhune Orchards is accessible by taking NJ Transit to Princeton and then a quick 13-minute cab ride to the farm)! By the way, three women, including co-founder Pam Mount (pictured here, middle), are key members of Terhune's leadership team. DiscoverCentralNJ.com is highlighting local women in agriculture since they comprise more than 40% of New Jersey farmers -- a fact that has been hidden until now. Read here how a methodology change in the US Farm Census revealed this secret fact! Keep checking the site as they add more amazing women farmers to support! MORE THINGS TO DO, SEE & TASTE
Celebrate ‘merica with blueberry picking at Central NJ Farms! Dear EscapeMakers — Blueberry season is in full swing at Snyder’s Farm in Somerset, NJ starting June 29th until they are all picked out! July 13th, visit for Blueberry U-Pick & Movie under the stars. Only a 5-minute cab from the Somerset NJ Transit train station (1 hour from NYC),just grab a friend, a basket and go! And on July 6-7th from 10am-5pm, Terhune Orchards in
