The Woods of New Gretna Park is 65 acres of pine, oak and maple laden township-owned land in Bass River. Catty-corner to Allen’s Clam Bar, a narrow road, Oak Lane, leads travelers to a unique destination containing a mini-railway system re-creating the former Tuckerton Railroad operation, called Jersey Shore Live Steam.

ALL ABOARD!: Tracks meander through 4.5 miles of trails. Visitors can tour the re-created Tuckerton Railroad. (Photos by Jack Reynolds)
The group’s mission is “to allow our visitors an opportunity to experience the services that the Tuckerton Railroad provided along the Jersey Coast, inland from 1871 to 1936 in…
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