Department of Environmental Protection

Farny State Park

Photo by Joe Schomer

Farny
State Park

Location:
Morris County
Rockaway Township

Mailing Address:
c/o Ringwood State Park
1304 Sloatsburg Road
Ringwood, NJ 07456-1799
(973) 962-7031

GPS Coordinates
DMS 40° 57’ 44.82” N 74° 27' 28.81" W

Size: 4,866 acres

Fees: No entrance fee.
Link to the Related Fees page

Directions:
Take Route 287 to Route 23 to Green Pond Road in Newfoundland. Make a left turn onto Upper Hibernia Road. Make a left onto Split Rock Road. Follow Split Rock Road across the Splitrock Reservoir Dam. The parking area is on the left.

Facilities & Activities:

Hiking
Birdwatching
Fishing permitted from boats only (no shoreline fishing)
Ice Fishing
Hunting
Cartop Boat Launch (no gas motors permitted)
Winter sports:
cross-country skiing

This forested wilderness connects watershed lands and is crossed by an old logging road. Streams, mixed oak-hardwood forest and swamps comprise the park. Trail entry is through the Farny Natural Area. Split Rock Reservoir is adjacent to the park

Keep Your Park Clean

Through the Carry-In/Carry-Out Program you can help us keep your parks clean and beautiful by carrying out the trash you carry in. Bags are provided throughout the site. Thank you for your cooperation and remember to recycle.

Park Hours

Open daily sunrise to sunset.

Park Advisory

Please be aware that the following trails on properties under the administration of Ringwood State Park are now open. Those marked with an asterisk had previously been closed.

Ringwood State Park
*Manor Trail
*Cupsaw Brook Trail

Ramapo Mountain State Forest
* South Ridge Trail
Wanaque Ridge Trail
Castle Point Trail
Ringwood Ramapo Trail north of Skyline Drive to Shepherd Lake Hoeferlin Trail between Pool Hollow Road and intersection withy Cannonball Trail Hoeferlin Trail north of Skyline Drive and south of Skyline Drive to MacEvoy Trail (closed b/t MacEvoy and Cannonball) Cannonball Trail between Barbara Drive and intersection with Hoeferlin Trail Cannonball Trail north of Skyline Drive and south of Skyline Drive to MacEvoy Trail(closed south of MacEvoy)

Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Burnt Meadow Trail
Horse Pond Mountain Trail
*Stonetown Circular Trail (Jungle Habitat Section) Red Trail White Trail Orange Trail Yellow Trail

Norvin Green State Forest
Northern Section
Manaticut Point Trail
Overlook Rock Trail (southern section)
*Lake Sonoma Trail
Hewitt Butler from West Brook Road north to Burnt Meadow Rd. (closed from Burnt Meadow Road north to 511)

Norvin Green State Forest
Southern Section
All Trails Open

Farny State Park
*All trails open

Farny Natural Area (589 acres)

The natural area lies adjacent to Splitrock Reservoir and supports a mature mixed oak hardwood forest characteristic of the Highlands physiographic province. Tall red, white and black oaks dominate the forest canopy, which also serves as habitat for the endangered red-shouldered hawk and threatened barred owl. Numerous trails cross the natural area.

Hunting

View the State Park Service areas open to hunting for 2012-2013

Parts of Farny State Park are open for hunting. For information about hunting, refer to the New Jersey Fish and Wildlife Digest or contact the park office.

Questions regarding our parks and forests can be directed to
Michele Buckley of the State Park Service.