Allaire State Park consists of 3,000 acres of hiking trails, picnic area, and wooded areas. Allaire State Park is also home to Allaire Village and The New Jersey Museum of Transportation and a train ride on the Pine Creek Railway.

Allaire Village is a replica of the Howell Works, a thriving historic village in the early 19^th century which produced pig and cast iron. The buildings which remain today include a general store, blacksmith shop, carpenter’s shop, manager’s house and foreman’s house. The Blacksmith Shop offers iron production demonstration. The Carpentry shop shows how molds were made and iron cast.  There are guided tours of Mr. Allaire’s home which take about 20-30 minutes. One of the workers’ row house buildings is now the Visitor Center and Museum.

There are a variety of tours available but photography is not permitted within any of the historic buildings at The Historic Village at Allaire.  The Village is only open on Saturday and Sunday but the general store is open all week.

The New Jersey Museum of Transportation’s Pine Creek Railroad is also located in Allaire State Park. It is one of the oldest operating narrow gauge railway exhibits in the U.S. There are train rides running every half hour until 4:00 in the summer months. The train ride takes 15 minutes. The friendly conductor encourages the little ones to explore his cabin.

Posted: August 28, 2017

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