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New Jersey State Park Service

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Long Pond Ironworks Site Overview

Long Pond Ironworks was founded in 1766 and operated continually until 1882, making iron for a wide range of purposes. Today, the ruins of three furnaces and other village structures remain in a beautiful setting within Long Pond Ironworks State Park near the New York border in West Milford, NJ. Roam among the ruins of three furnaces and other unique buildings at this ironworks plantation and discover its role in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War.

For more details and program information, visit the official Friend’s group website: LONG POND IRONWORKS

The renovated Old Country Store is the site’s visitor center and contains interpretive displays, artifacts and relics from the furnace area and ironworkers village, along with hiking maps and self-guided brochures of the site.
Restrooms available at the visitor center
Visitor center is ADA accessible.
Paid professional and commercial photography require a permit. Please contact the park offices for more information. 973-962-2240.

Facilities for People with Disabilities
We encourage people with disabilities who require special considerations to contact the historic site / park at the phone number listed in the general information on the home page of the historic site / park. The staff will assist with arrangements. Text telephone (TT) users, please call the NJ Relay Services at (800) 852-7899.

For the Comfort and Enjoyment of All
This historic site / park is part of the NJ State Park system and your cooperation with the following will help ensure the survival of the museum collections, historic structures & features and surrounding property for the enjoyment and education of future generations!

  • Keep your historic site / park and surrounding property clean and green! Protect this site by taking your trash with you. Whatever you carry into the site, plan on carrying it out too. Bring a bag or two for trash, recycling and cleaning up after your pet. There are no trash receptacles at this site. Thank you!
  • No Smoking on NJ State Park Service Property. Pursuant to N.J.P.L.2005, c.383 (C.26:3D-56)
  • Alcoholic beverages are not permitted at state historic sites [ N.J.A.C. 7:2-2.6]
  • The collection or removal of any object from State Park property is prohibited without written permission from the Superintendent.
  • Use of metal detecting devices on or unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) on or over the property is not permitted without a special use permit (SUP) from the State historic site / park.
  • Commercial photography is not permitted on the property without a special use permit (SUP) from the historic site / park.
  • Interior photography, videotaping or audio taping are not permitted in the historic structure / visitor center / museum, except by prior written permission and for educational purposes only.
  • Non-commercial photography is permitted on the property (outside), but please help preserve the historic site / park and any surrounding property by not attaching anything to, climbing or sitting on historic structures and features or disturbing any plants, wild or cultivated. Photography may not interfere with other visitors to the historic site / park or impede site operations.
  • Food and beverages; pets/animals, except for service animals, are not permitted in the historic structure / visitor center / museum.
  • Please refrain from touching objects/furnishings in and building components of historic structures and museums, except where invited to do so by staff.

Please contact this historic site / park with specific inquiries about any of these restrictions, as there may be some variations at this specific historic site / park.

Please help preserve this historic site by not climbing or sitting on historic features or ruins. Metal detecting within the historic site is not permitted.

Related Links

Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Ringwood Manor Historic Site

General

Phone Number
973-657-1688

Address
1334 Greenwood Lake Turnpike
Hewitt, NJ 07421

Historic Site Hours

Grounds Hours
Grounds are open from 8am to 8pm year-round

Visitor Center
Open every weekend from April through beginning of November

Tour Hours
Walking tours available second Saturday April through November. Call 973-657-1688 for tour schedule.

Park Fees

Entrance Fee None

Tour Fee Suggested donation

Additional programming & event fees may apply.

Other Related Fees
Map / Directions

GPS Coordinates
41.143362,-74.311975