Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway is a State Scenic Byway in New Jersey. Within New Jersey it covers roughly 25 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway covers 24 miles of central New Jersey farm country, running from the colonial village of Allentown, founded in 1706, to the historic Walnford Mill. The route grew out of a 2003 student research project — 'The Vanishing Vistas Project,' led by two Allentown High School students working with the township's environmental commission — before New Jersey officially designated it a scenic byway in 2006. Allentown's historic district remains one of the largest contiguous historic districts in the state, essentially untouched by modern development, and nearby Imlaystown preserves a second historic village along the corridor. The byway passes two sites on the National Register of Historic Places, the trails of the former Union Transportation Railroad, the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area, and the Horse Park of New Jersey, along with two golf courses and a working winery, giving the drive a genuinely working-agricultural character rather than a manicured tourist route.
- 24 miles, Allentown to Walnford Mill
- Designated a NJ scenic byway in 2006
- Grew from a 2003 student research project
- Allentown's 1706 historic district
- Assunpink Wildlife Management Area
- Horse Park of New Jersey
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.