Abandoned Amusement Parks of New Jersey ~and other trivia~


Park Name City
Riverside-Pleasure Bay Park--1898--? Long Branch
Tumbling Dam Park--1894--1950's? Bridgeton
Union Lake Park--?--? Millville
Bellewood Park--1902--1916 Pattenburg
Keansburg Amusement Park Keansburg
Lake Pavilion-Allens Pavilion--1887--?Lake Hopatcong
Nolans Point Amusement Park--1887--1933Lake Hopatcong
Betrand Island--1910?--1983 Lake Hopatcong-Mount Arlington
Butler Park--1929--1952 Lebanon Township
StoryBook Land--1955-present Egg Harbor Township
Steel Pier Atlantic City
Morey's Piers Wildwood
Cranberry Lake--1903-1910 Cranberry Lake
Funtown Pier Seaside Heights
Casino Pier Seaside Heights
Island Park-Island Beach Park--1900-1934Burlington
Wonderland Pier-Gillians Ocean City
Playland-Castaway Cove Ocean City
The Palace--1888-1988 Asbury Park
Clementon Amusement Park Clementon
Bowcraft Amusement Park Scotch Plains
Fantasy Island Beach Haven
Black River and Western Railroad Flemington
Blackbeard's Cave Bayville
Space City--1960?-1961? Lakewood
Land of Make Believe-Pirate's Cove Hope
StoryLand Village Neptune
Fairy Tale Forest--1955-2002 Oak Ridge
Jenkinsons Boardwalk Point Pleasant Beach
Leiling Park-Lenape Park--1906--? Mays Landing
Recreation Station South Toms River
Tomahawk Lake--1952-present Sparta
Gingerbread Castle-Halloween Castle Hamburg
Six Flags Jackson
Olympic Park 1887-1965 Newark
Alcyon Lake-1890's-1944 Pitman
Palisades Park--1898-1971 Cliffside Park-Fort Lee
Haluwasa Camp and Resort--?-present Hammonton
Centerville and Southwestern Railroad--1938-1972 Roseland
Centerville and Southwestern Railroad-PRH--1997-present Phillipsburg
Iron Acres Railroad--?-2005? Jackson
Iron Acres Railroad--2006?-? Wrightstown
New Jersey Live Steamers--1961-present Somerset Hills
Dietch's Kiddie Zoo--1951--? Fair Lawn
St. John Terrel's Music Circus--1949--1970 Lambertville
Hillside Park--1890's--1927 Belleville
Skalla Amusement Park--1910--1914 Washington
Krazy City--2008--2010 Voorhees
Jeepers--1999--2009? Elizabeth
CoCo Key Water Park--2008--present Mount Laurel


It must be noted some of the above parks are still open as of 2012. They are being included simply because so FEW are still open.


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