Wharton State Forest

After a day of swimming at Astion Lake why would you want to drive home? Stay the night in your tent or trailer at the conveniently located Astion Family Campground, right on the lake across from the recreation area. There are toilets, showers, tables and fires rings so you can wash off the lake water, grab your favorite campfire cooked treat and Read more...

Lower Forge Campground is anything but that―low on camping charisma. Located between Batsto River and Batona Trail, the campground's primitive campsites offer easy access to both geographic features. Read more...

Bodine Field Campground is situated alongside the area’s wading river, a must-see to any Wharton State Forest Camper. However, these campsites are elusive―especially when trying to reserve a site for the weekend. And, in order to do so, you must call-up the field office to stamp your reservation. Read more...

Running water, huzzah! Unlike other campgrounds of Wharton State Forest, Hawkins Bridge Campground is inundated with drinking water and flushing toilets. But, it does share it’s situational commonality with the State Forest’s other campgrounds; Hawkins Bridge Campground is situated next to the snaking Wading River. Read more...

Perfumed by the park’s enveloping Pinelands National Reserve, this green-hued oasis is inundated with trials shaded by like-colored branching bodies. Covering over one-hundred-and-twenty-five-thousand acres of pristine vegetation, the primitive campsites that dot the expanse within the confines of Bartona Campground are ripe for the picking―just m Read more...

Situated alongside the mile-long Bartona Hiking Trail, Button Woodhill Campground is lined with a scarce amount of primitive campsites, ringed with fire pits and cooled by drinking water stations. Located near the low-angled boat ramps of Cowleys Landing Boat Launch, the boating enthusiasts among us will be well catered to. Read more...

Godfrey bridge manages to connect the two variables of camping: practicality and accessibility. Comely nestled alongside the Wadling river, this string of primitive campsites offer little in the way of frills. But, what these modest campsites lack in ammenites, they more than make-up for in fishing oprotunites alongside the well-populated stocks f Read more...

Gushing with angling allure, Goshen pond is forked between Mullican River and Atsion Road, rippled with healthy populations of river-located game fish. But, just like the area’s grouping of primitive campsites, there’s not much in the way of frills―or running water. Read more...

Located alongside the campground’s namesake Mullica River and hugging trail, this is a doozy campground to get to, but abounds in awesomeness if you're up for the challenge! Only accessible by paddling or Homerian-like hike, you’ll be rewarded at your final destination with the secluded stillness of Mullica Campground. Read more...