Whitesbog Village is a unique historic village attraction located within New Jersey's beautiful Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, originally founded in the 1870s by cranberry farmer Joseph J. White. The village is known as the site of the development of the United States' first cultivated blueberry, the Highbush blueberry, at the turn of the 20th century.

Today, the village is open to the public as a living history site and nature preserve, protecting more than 3,000 acres of pine forest, blueberry fields, cranberry bogs, and historic buildings. Guided tours of the village explore attractions like the Whitesbog General Store, the New Jersey Agriculture Experimental Cranberry Substation, and the Whitesbog Agricultural Museum. Hiking, biking, and horseback riding trails throughout the village's gorgeous terrain are open to the public throughout the year. Map

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