Wells Mills County Park

Wells Mills County Park

View of Wells Mills Lake in Wells Mills County Park - Photo credit: Daniela Wagstaff View of Wells Mills Lake in Wells Mills County Park - Photo credit: Daniela Wagstaff
39.795735, -74.277121

A large county park in the Pinelands, Wells Mills County Park features a lake and multiple blazed trails within its boundaries.

The land in what is now Wells Mills County Park has had an economically productive past. The abundance of Atlantic white cedar on the property prompted James Wells, in the latter part of the eighteenth century, to build a sawmill and dam Oyster Creek for waterpower. The largest park in the Ocean County park system, it offers a nature center, observation deck, canoe rental, and fishing on the...

Park Acreage:

910.00 acres

Municipality:

Ocean Township

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Contact Information

Web Link:

Ocean County, Department of Parks and Recreation

Phone:

(609) 971-3085

Fees:

None

Dogs in park:

Dogs on leash

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