Bull's Island Recreation Area

40°24′37.62″N 75°2′5.27″W / 40.4104500°N 75.0347972°W / 40.4104500; -75.0347972^[1]Area79-acre (0.32 km²)Operated byNew Jersey Division of Parks and ForestryWebsiteOfficial website

The 79-acre (0.32 km²) Bull's Island Recreation Area is on Bull's Island at Raven Rock along the Delaware River approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Stockton, within Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The park is a part of the 3,578 acres (14.48 km²) Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park. It offers a boat launch, fishing, and a nature trail. Canoes, kayaks, tubes, and rafts can be rented three miles north in Point Pleasant. The surrounding park includes a portion of the D&R Canal Trail, a multi-use trail built on the former Belvidere-Delaware Railroad bed that runs along the island on a north-south route. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.

In June 2011, William Arias, 46, of Bound Brook, New Jersey was killed by a falling tree while sleeping in a tent in the upper river section of the Bull's Island campground. The state of New Jersey determined that silt buildup from repeated floods had weakened roots of trees in this area. The park system decided to permanently close campground area and return it to a natural state.^[2]

References

^ Official website
^ Bresswein, Kurt (March 18, 2012). "Bull's Island campground closes permanently following death from fallen tree". The Express-Times.

External links

"Bull's Island Recreation Area". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Official site

Delaware River and Delaware Bay

Geography

Regions	Delaware Delaware Valley Delaware River Region Lenapehoking Minisink Skylands Region
Parks	Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Cape Henlopen State Park Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Delaware Canal State Park Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Fort Delaware State Park Fort Delaware Fort DuPont Fort Mott Fox Point State Park Glen Foerd Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River Neshaminy State Park Penn Treaty Park Pennsbury Manor Pennypack Park Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge Spruce Street Harbor Park Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Washington's Crossing Washington Crossing Historic Park Washington Crossing State Park Zane Grey Museum
Canals	Cape May Canal Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Delaware Canal Delaware and Hudson Canal Delaware and Raritan Canal Intracoastal Waterway Lehigh Canal Leiper Canal Lewes and Rehoboth Canal Morris Canal
Islands	Artificial Island Bull's Island Burlington Island Carpenter's Island Hendrick Island Little Tinicum Island Petty Island Pea Patch Island Reedy Island Shawnee Island Treasure Island
Landmarks	Camden Waterfront Cape Henlopen Cape May Delaware Water Gap Finns Point Foul Rift Hawk's Nest Penn's Landing Port of Camden Port of Paulsboro Port of Philadelphia Port of Salem Port of Wilmington SS United States Tri-States Monument
Road and rail	Belvidere and Delaware River Railway Columbus Boulevard Delaware River Scenic Byway New York State Route 97 Old Mine Road Pennsylvania Route 32 River Line

History and culture

Organizations

Protected areas of New Jersey

Federal

National historical parks	Morristown Paterson Great Falls Thomas Edison
National monuments	Statue of Liberty
National recreation areas	Delaware Water Gap Gateway
Other protected areas	Pinelands National Reserve
National scenic trails	Appalachian Trail
National wild and scenic rivers	Delaware River Great Egg Harbor River Maurice River Musconetcong River
National wildlife refuges	Cape May Edwin B. Forsythe Great Swamp Supawna Meadows Wallkill River
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Jacques Cousteau

State

State parks	Allaire Allamuchy Mountain Barnegat Lighthouse Cape May Point Cheesequake Corson's Inlet Delaware and Raritan Canal Double Trouble Edison State Park Farny Fort Mott Hacklebarney High Point Hopatcong Island Beach Kittatinny Valley Liberty Long Pond Ironworks Monmouth Battlefield Parvin Pigeon Swamp Princeton Battlefield Rancocas Ringwood Stephens Swartswood Voorhees Washington Crossing Washington Rock Wawayanda
State forests	Abram S. Hewitt Bass River Belleplain Brendan T. Byrne Green Bank Jenny Jump Norvin Green Penn Ramapo Mountain Stokes Wharton Worthington
Recreation areas	Atsion Bull's Island Round Valley Spruce Run
Wildlife management areas	List of New Jersey wildlife management areas

County

Nature parks	Eagle Rock Reservation Garret Mountain Reservation Sourland Mountain Preserve South Mountain Reservation Watchung Reservation New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route