New+Jersey

Newark Top Tourist Sites The Atlantic Coast AKA "The Shore." The Cape May Board Walk. The Atlantic City Board Walk with lots of casinos. Sadit Lighthouse is the oldest light house in the U.S.A. Edison National Historic Site-Thomas Edison's lab where he made over 500 patents. State Symbols Bird: Easter Gold Finch Flower: Pupple Vliolet Nickname: "The Garden State" Motto: "Liberty and Prosperity" Famous or Fun Facts The first dinosaur ever discovered in North America was dug up in Haddonfield, NJ 1858. The first college football game was played in NJ, Rutgers beat Princeton. The first drive-in movie theater was opened in NJ Geography NJ is a low land with swampy marshes. It is also a peninsula because the Delaware River cuts inland and surronds the back with water so only the top is land. It is coverd with pineland. Climate
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It has a mild Northeastern climate with temp. ranging from below 0 to above 100 in all four seasons. ||