New Jersey State Guide

New Jersey has a reputation for the urban sprawl of Newark and Jersey City, but much of the state is actually comprised of forests, meadowlands, parks, and unspoiled wilderness. The origins of New Jersey's nickname of the "Garden State" have been lost, but it is popularly accredited to Abraham Browning, who once compared New Jersey "to an immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and open at both ends, with Pennsylvanians grabbing from one end and the New Yorkers from the other."