Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

130 Great Bay Blvd.
Tuckerton, NJ 08087
 609-812-0649
  • Overview

    The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JCNERR) is one of the 27 national estuarine reserves created to promote the responsible use and management of the nation's estuaries through a program combining scientific research, education, and stewardship.

    The JCNERR encompasses more than 110,000 acres in southeastern New Jersey, including a great variety of terrestrial, wetland and aquatic habitats within the Mullica River-Great Bay ecosystem. The Reserve is a concentrated patchwork of federal and state lands managed in partnership through a variety of agencies.

    With little more than one percent of the Reserve subjected to human development, this area is regarded as one of the least disturbed estuaries in the densely populated urban corridor of the Northeastern United States.
  • Amenities

    • Free Admission
    • Meeting Facilities
    Activities
    • Birding
  • Nearby:

    •  Dining

      • Calloway's Restaurant & Bar
        5.7 MI
        609-978-0220 View >
      • Boat House Restaurant
        5.7 MI
        609-492-1066 View >
      • Show Place Ice Cream Parlour
        6.1 MI
        609-492-9477 View >
      • Skipper Dipper
        6.9 MI
        609-492-9680 View >
      • Mud City Crab House
        8.6 MI
        609-978-3660 View >
      • Ram's Head Inn
        14.1 MI
        609-652-1700 View >
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    •  Lodging

      • J.D. Thompson Inn Bed & Breakfast
        0.7 MI
        609-294-1331 View >
      • Atlantic Shore Pines Campground
        0.9 MI
        609-296-9163 View >
      • The Inn at Sea Oaks
        2.1 MI
        609-296-2656 View >
      • Pilgrim Lake Campgrounds
        3.0 MI
        609-296-4725 View >
      • Sea Pirate Campground
        3.1 MI
        609-296-7400 View >
      • Baker's Acres Campground
        3.1 MI
        609-296-2664 View >
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    •  Activities

      • NJ Surf Museum at Tuckerton Seaport
        0.4 MI
        609-296-8868 View >
      • WWI Memorial
        0.4 MI
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      • Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen's Museum
        0.5 MI
        609-296-8868 View >
      • Tuckerton Emporium
        0.6 MI
        609-296-2424 View >
      • Giffordtown Schoolhouse Museum
        0.8 MI
        609-294-1547 View >
      • Ocean County Golf Course at Atlantis
        1.4 MI
        609-296-2444 View >
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